AI-generated child sexual abuse images could flood the internet. A watchdog is calling for action
Report calls for controls on artificial intelligence tools that generate deepfake photos to stop the proliferation of child sexual abuse images on the internet
A U.K.-based watchdog has called for tight controls on the use of artificial intelligence tools to prevent their rampant use in creating deepfake child sex abuse material. The Internet Watch Foundation has warned governments and technology providers that there is already an alarming proliferation of child pornographic material on the internet, a situation that could aggravate if left unattended, a news agency report said.
The advocacy has urged the authorities around the world to act quickly before a flood of AI-generated images and videos of child sexual abuse overwhelms law enforcement investigators, the Associated Press report said.
“We're not talking about the harm it might do,” the report said citing Dan Sexton, the watchdog group's chief technology officer. “This is happening right now and it needs to be addressed right now.”
In a first-of-its-kind case in South Korea, a man was sentenced in September to 2 1/2 years in prison for using artificial intelligence to create 360 virtual child abuse images, according to the Busan District Court in the country’s southeast.
