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AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery reaching ‘tipping point’, says watchdog
Internet Watch Foundation says illegal AI-made content is becoming more prevalent on open web with high level of sophistication
Child sexual abuse imagery generated by artificial intelligence tools is becoming more prevalent on the open web and reaching a “tipping point”, according to a safety watchdog. As well as AI images featuring real-life victims of abuse, the types of material seen by the IWF included “deepfake” videos where adult pornography had been manipulated to resemble CSAM. Meanwhile, Instagram has announced new measures to counteract sextortion, where users are tricked into sending intimate images to criminals, typically posing as young women, and then subjected to blackmail threats.
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