AI and Deception: Plagiarism, Deepfakes, and More

by Carla Mooney

Overview

Artificial intelligence (AI) has increasingly become part of everyday life, from streaming movie recommendations to virtual assistants. However, this powerful technology has also been used by unscrupulous individuals for deception. Plagiarism, voice scams, deepfakes, and synthetic identity theft are some of the ways AI can deceive unsuspecting individuals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781678210663
Publisher:	Referencepoint Press
Publication date:	08/01/2025
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 1.50(h) x 9.50(d)
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

Editorial Reviews

2025-05-30
An alarming overview of the uses—and misuses—to which artificial intelligence is already being put.

For readers who might be hazy on the general differences between concepts like weak vs. generative AI or what often-heard terms likedeepfakes ornatural language processing might mean, Mooney lays out the basics in simple, low-tech language. But when it comes to specific examples or details of technology or technique, this work is less robust, going more for rehashed reports of news services and other companies that were caught using AI improperly interspersed with ominous but vague references to increasingly sophisticated scams and disinformation campaigns by shadowy bad actors. The chapter on plagiarism and cheating discusses AI in academia and efforts to detect or prevent it, by, for example, creating assignments that cannot be completed with AI; students rightly or wrongly accused of misconduct chime in with brief, cautionary quotes. The final chapter, on synthetic identity fraud, describes this rapidly growing crime and preventative measures. The author’s barrage of warnings, underscored by suggestions that new ways to abuse AI are emerging far more quickly than efforts to counter them, insistently and cogently conveys the message that the threat is real, and its level is rising. Stock photos showing racially diverse individuals punctuate the text.

Topical and accessible, but mostly useful as a jumping-off point. (source notes, organizations and websites, for further research, index, picture credits)(Nonfiction. 12-18)

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