CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 9 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett has raised concerns about new research findings that reveal young victims of online sexual exploitation are more likely to seek help from an AI bot than authorities.
Commissioner Barrett said AI and non-AI online child sexual victimisation: A national study of Australian Adolescents was sober reading and provided the AFP with valuable insights.
The research, authored by Tim Cubitt and his team at the Australian Cybercrime Observatory at Adelaide University, identified seven central findings.
* The concerning prevalence of online child sexual victimisation identified in data in 2021 is persisting in 2026;* Girls are vict...