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AI-generated child sex abuse images targeted with new laws


Yvette Cooper says the UK will make it illegal to own AI tools to make images of child sexual abuse.

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) warns that more sexual abuse AI images of children are being produced, with them becoming more prevalent on the open web. In research last year it found that over a one-month period, 3,512 AI child sexual abuse and exploitation images were discovered on one dark website. The interim chief executive of the IWF,, external Derek Ray-Hill, said: "The availability of this AI content further fuels sexual violence against children.

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