New Criminological Challenges in the 21st Century
Abstract
Although a long time has passed in human history from the first medical and therapeutic innovations to the time when humanity’s cars became self-driving, few expected that by the 21st century, generative AI platforms and deepfake-as-a-service offerings, as well as all the dangerous “products” of voice simulation and synthetic media, would be available online to almost anyone worldwid The aim of this paper is to present this phenomenon through an American court case, seeking an answer to the question of whether is it necessary to tolerate personal rights’ violations as a "by-product" of the use of modern criminological tools.
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