SocietyAFP warns of ‘tsunami’ of youth crime and AI-fuelled radicalisation in Australia

Australian Federal Police acting deputy commissioner Sandra Booth told a parliamentary inquiry that AI is speeding up radicalisation, which can now occur within days. The inquiry heard that 65 children, including some as young as 12, had been subject to federal police operations since 2020, and 35 were charged with terrorism-related offences.

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