The Threat of A.I. Deepfakes: A Wake-Up Call for Parents (with Adam Billen)

15% of High Schoolers say they know someone in their school who has had deepfake pornography made of them in the last year. In this eye-opening episode, Nicki Reisberg sits down with Adam Billen of Encode to unpack some of the most urgent and unsettling developments in AI—from the rise of chatbots to the explosion of deep fakes. They dive into what Meta is up to with its new chatbot rollout on Instagram, and why that should raise red flags for anyone with kids online. The conversation then turns to deep fakes—how scarily easy they are to make, and the real damage they can cause, especially to children. Nicki and Adam break it all down and call for action—from parents, lawmakers, and schools—to step up and protect the next generation. Watch or listen to Nicki and Adam's first conversation about AI chatbots here . Take it Down Tool by NCMEC Child Deepfake Incident Map