New fears that AI clips of violent vegetables ‘could radicalise children’

The clips are easily accessible on social media platforms (Picture: AFP) Seemingly harmless clips of AI fruits and vegetables are spreading across the internet – but pose a serious threat to children. AI videos of fruits and vegetables committing gory acts of violence are spreading extremist agendas on TikTok and have ‘radicalising potential’ for young people, researchers have warned. It’s a far cry from the viral clips earlier this year which showed a soap-opera style storyline of strawberries and bananas dealing with paternity drama. Yep, that really happened. These new, very disturbing clips are circumventing the social media platform’s moderation policies that prohibit extreme violent material, the Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) said. Masked by a seemingly cute aesth