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World-first tool reduces harmful engagement with AI-generated explicit images

16 Jan 2026
Pictured left to right are UCC School of Applied Psychology researchers Dr Conor Linehan; John Twomey, lead researcher of Deepfakes/Real Harms; and Dr Gillian Murphy. Image: UCC.
  • World’s first research-backed intervention reduces harmful engagement with AI-generated explicit imagery.
  • UCC School of Applied Psychology researchers say user education must complement regulation and legislation.
  • UCC research links belief in deepfake pornography myths to higher risk of engagement with non-consensual AI imagery.

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