By Kim Seon Ah
Video = Official YouTube channel of Seoul Foundation of Women & Family
Technology using artificial intelligence (AI) that automates the entire process of cracking down on digital sex crime videos, from detection to deletion of sexually exploitative materials online, will be distributed nationwide.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government on March 2 said it will promote the nationwide application of such technology.
Starting with a free technology transfer contract with a central government agency on March 3, the program will be provided free to national organizations, local governments and companies requesting it.
The technology uses AI to monitor illegal websites and social media platforms around the clock, automatically detecting and removing potentially harmful videos. Human counselors had to manually detect and report each video but this AI-assisted system slashed processing time from an average of three hours to six minutes.
The speed of operations also saw a 300-fold increase and accuracy was improved 200%-300%.
The project has produced palpable results. The number of detected cases requiring deletion support at the Seoul Digital Sex Crime Victim Support Center jumped over sixfold in just four years from 2,509 in 2022 to 15,777 last year.
This AI-assisted technology expands searches to include illegal websites that are new, closed or overseas and finds content previously undetectable by humans. It can catch not only deepfake videos but also edited and blurred-out content and deleted and re-uploaded videos.