Protecting Our Kids in the Age of AI With Former DOJ Prosecutor Tiffany Preston
About this episode
Tiffany Preston discusses the impact of AI on crimes against children and offers advice for parents on how to protect their kids.
EPISODE DESCRIPTIONTiffany Preston spent 19 years putting away the kind of people most of us never want to think about. As a federal prosecutor she convicted Buster Hernandez, the "Brian Kil" sextortionist who threatened at least 375 kids and drew a 75-year sentence. So when she talks about how AI is changing crimes against children, it lands differently.She and Jason get into the part that should worry every parent. Generative AI has made it nearly impossible to prove whether an explicit image is real, and predators are weaponizing that against kids who never did anything. A kid gets a message: a video of you exists, pay up or it goes to everyone you know, and good luck proving it is fake.Her advice is specific and hard-won. Back away from the phone. Do not respond, because engaging is what the predator wants. Get law enforcement involved, and tell your kid you will love them even if they made a mistake, because shame is the weapon. They also cover the family safe word that beats AI voice-cloning scams, the Character.AI case, The Anxious Generation, and why you cannot out-tech your own children.CONTENT NOTEThis episode discusses online child exploitation, sextortion…
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