Revisiting the Dark Web: GBV, CSAM and Agentic AI

Dr. Jumoke Giwa

Dr. Jumoke Giwa is a researcher and community development advocate with extensive experience working in Canada, China, New Zealand, and Nigeria. Her research interests include the use of digital technology for community and civic engagement; the intersection of wellbeing, aging, gender-based violence and mental health; policy development and its strategic implementation for sustainable futures. Jumoke’s work has been recognized in the public, private, and community sectors on four continents. She envisions the #ZenAI Conference as a recurring event that brings academics, community and industry experts to multiple advocacy and dialogues about the complexities of life disruptions resulting from accelerated adoption of AI and robotics, and how to navigate and negotiate the inevitable accompanying changes with calmness, clarity, and confidence.

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Revisiting the Dark Web: GBV, CSAM and Agentic AI

Arguably we all live online now, although our digital footprints are to varying degrees. Nonetheless, almost all of us are part of the digital production and consumption lines. Increasingly as Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption accelerates, more people are becoming producers than consumers or prosumers. The rise of agentic AI is a critical shift in AI deployment. There is a need to pay closer attention to this ongoing development. The pace and rate of pay-per-view sexually exploitative digital content is significantly increasing. The pre-existing epidemic of Gender Based Violence (GBV) and Child Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM) is now further complicated by human-prompted AI-generated materials. How do we safeguard vulnerable communities? What guardrails are already in place and which new ones need to be developed and deployed to ensure that agentic AI’s benefits far outweigh its risks?