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Offenders confused about ethics of AI child abuse

A charity warns that creating or viewing such images is still illegal, even if the children are not real.

A charity that helps people worried about their own thoughts or behaviour says an increasing number of callers are feeling confused about the ethics of viewing AI child abuse imagery. Although the charity would not name any specific sites where it has found the imagery, one popular AI art website has been accused of allowing users to publish sexual and graphic images of very young models. When the BBC approached Civit.ai about the issue in November, the firm said it takes potential CSAM on the site "very seriously" and asks the community to report images that users consider to "depict under-age characters/people in a mature or photorealistic context".

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