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Deepfakes and AI-Generated Content

Your child knows AI can make fake photos and text that look real. These are called deepfakes. They know to check if something online is true.

In curriculum terms

Deepfakes, AI-generated images and text; how to spot them and why they matter; the importance of checking sources; not everything online is real

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If your child saw an amazing photo online, would they think to question whether it might have been created by AI rather than captured by a camera?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on
AI Mistakes and Limitationsages 7–9Must understand AI limitations before evaluating AI-generated content
Machine Learning Basicsages 7–9Understanding training helps grasp how AI generates realistic content
Deepfakes and AI-Generated Contentthis skill · ages 9–11
Unlocks
Scams & Online Safetyages 9–11Cross-domain: understanding AI-generated fake content (AI) enriches online scam awareness (Money & Finance)

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Curriculum alignment

Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.

This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1). No NSW K–6 outcome code matched (v0.1). No Victorian Curriculum 2.0 code matched (v0.1).

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