# Protecting Our Kids in the Age of AI With Former DOJ Prosecutor Tiffany Preston Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/agi-advance-grow-innovate-with-ai-7324503/protecting-our-kids-in-the-age-of-ai-with-former-doj-prosecutor-tiffany-preston Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/agi-advance-grow-innovate-with-ai-7324503/protecting-our-kids-in-the-age-of-ai-with-former-doj-prosecutor-tiffany-preston.md Podcast: [AGI - Advance, Grow, Innovate with AI](https://stenobird.com/podcast/agi-advance-grow-innovate-with-ai-7324503) Published: 2026-07-04T18:18:35+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agi-podcasters/episodes/Protecting-Our-Kids-in-the-Age-of-AI-With-Former-DOJ-Prosecutor-Tiffany-Preston-e3llf4g Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/102cca29c/podcast/play/122387024/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-4%2F427356735-44100-2-6d20ccaa3d22d.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/agi-advance-grow-innovate-with-ai-7324503/episodes/protecting-our-kids-in-the-age-of-ai-with-former-doj-prosecutor-tiffany-preston Duration seconds: 4038 ## Resource EPISODE DESCRIPTIONTiffany Preston spent 19 years putting away the kind of people most of us never want to think about. As a federal prosecutor she convicted Buster Hernandez, the "Brian Kil" sextortionist who threatened at least 375 kids and drew a 75-year sentence. So when she talks about how AI is changing crimes against children, it lands differently.She and Jason get into the part that should worry every parent. Generative AI has made it nearly impossible to prove whether an explicit image is real, and predators are weaponizing that against kids who never did anything. A kid gets a message: a video of you exists, pay up or it goes to everyone you know, and good luck proving it is fake.Her advice is specific and hard-won. Back away from the phone. Do not respond, because engaging is what the predator wants. Get law enforcement involved, and tell your kid you will love them even if they made a mistake, because shame is the weapon. They also cover the family safe word that beats AI voice-cloning scams, the Character.AI case, The Anxious Generation, and why you cannot out-tech your own children.CONTENT NOTEThis episode discusses online child exploitation, sextortion, and suicide. If you or someone you know needs support, call or text 988.ABOUT THE GUESTTiffany Preston spent 19 years as a federal prosecutor, most of them as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Indiana, where she specialized in internet crimes against children and served as the district's Project Safe Childhood, Human Trafficking, and Kidnapping Coordinator. She prosecuted Buster Hernandez, the "Brian Kil" mass sextortionist sentenced to 75 years in federal prison for crimes against at least 375 minors. She left the DOJ in December 2025 and is now a Litigation Senio… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/agi-advance-grow-innovate-with-ai-7324503/episodes/protecting-our-kids-in-the-age-of-ai-with-former-doj-prosecutor-tiffany-preston/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/agi-advance-grow-innovate-with-ai-7324503/protecting-our-kids-in-the-age-of-ai-with-former-doj-prosecutor-tiffany-preston.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.