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Nonprofit scrubs illegal content from controversial AI training dataset | After backlash, LAION cleans child sex abuse materials from AI training data

After backlash, LAION cleans child sex abuse materials from AI training data.

To scrub the dataset, LAION partnered with the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) and the Canadian Center for Child Protection (C3P) to remove 2,236 links that matched with hashed images in the online safety organizations' databases. "To ensure better filtering, lists of hashes of suspected links or images created by expert organizations (in our case, IWF and C3P) are suitable choices," LAION's blog said. "It is a clear hint that law enforcement bodies have to intensify the efforts to take down domains that host such image content on public web following information and recommendations by organizations like IWF and C3P, making it a safer place, also for various kinds of research related activities," LAION's blog said.

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