Yaron Litwin, executive of AI-powered company Canopy, explains how "AI can be used for good" in an ongoing chess match with criminals using deepfakes in sextortion scams. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). A company's reliance on artificial intelligence to prevent sextortion scams sets up an AI vs. AI clash between criminals and "good guys." Sextortion cases increased 322% between February 2022 and February 2023, according to the FBI, which recently said there's been an additional significant uptick since April. Innocent beach pictures or men's bare-chested gym pictures can be twisted into sexually explicit, AI-generated "deepfakes" that are weaponized against panicked and embarrassed teens and preteens.

Haywood Talcove, CEO of LexisNexis Risk Solutions' government division, told Fox News Digital that he believes there will be more than $1 trillion in artificial intelligence-assisted fraud if U.S. doesn't act quickly. Artificial intelligence smashed the floodgates to unprecedented fraud that could cost taxpayers hundreds of billions, if not $1 trillion, over the next 12 months, an expert told Fox News Digital. Haywood Talcove, CEO of LexisNexis Risk Solutions' government division, which evaluates and predicts risk, said he's already seeing criminals on the dark web using people's faces to steal from government and state agencies. Benefits to America's most vulnerable communities, such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and unemployment, are ending up in the pockets of criminals and criminal enterprises that are operating all over the world. "Being one of the wealthiest countries in the world makes us a huge target," Talcove said.

Brian Montgomery, who lost his son to suicide after he was extorted, discussed the loss of his son and how teen boys have been blackmailed over explicit pictures on'America's Newsroom.' If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). Artifical intelligence-generated "deepfakes" are fueling sextortion scams like dried up brush in an out-of-control wildfire. The number of nationally reported sextortion cases increased 322% between February 2022 and February 2023, according to the FBI, which said last week there's been a significant uptick since April because of AI-doctored images. Innocent pictures or videos uploaded to social media or sent in messages can be twisted into sexually explicit, AI-generated images that are "true-to-life" and nearly impossible to discern, the FBI said.