Tech companies are failing to protect children from having inappropriate conversations with online chat bots powered by artificial intelligence — and at the same time aren't doing enough to stop an explosion in AI-generated “deep fake” pornography, including of children — according to state Attorney General Jeff Jackson.

Jackson joined with other state leaders across the country Tuesday to send a letter to major banks, search engines and payment platforms. It accuses them of not doing enough to combat efforts by bad actors who create AI-generated nude images of real people, and then extort those people into paying to have the fake pictures or videos of them taken off the internet.

Jackson said it’s particularly important, given the start of a new school year, for parents to talk with the

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