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Malaysia's Communications Minister Datuk Seri Fahmi Fadzil has urged parents to vigilantly monitor their children's interactions with artificial intelligence, warning that treating AI systems as friends poses psychological and informational risks.
The Penang State Education Department has opened an internal probe into allegations that a Form Five student was sexually harassed and cyberbullied since April, with AI-manipulated images circulated online and offline.
A Seberang Jaya mother has urged authorities to speed up their investigation into ongoing sexual cyberbullying targeting her 17-year-old daughter, an SPM examination candidate, highlighting rising concerns about online harassment of schoolchildren.
Eight students have been remanded in connection with a physical altercation triggered by allegations involving the distribution of artificially manipulated sexual content.