Artificial intelligence has undoubtedly brought plenty of useful tools to the internet. But it has also handed one of the most horrific forms of abuse a grim new boost. Recent reporting and watchdog findings point to the same ugly pattern of generative AI helping offenders create child sexual abuse imagery on a greater scale.
These are now becoming increasingly realistic, and in formats that are becoming harder for platforms, regulators, and child-safety groups to deal with.
How AI is making the scale worse and content more extreme
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Back in February, Reuters revealed that actionable reports of AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery had more than doubled over the past two years, while the Internet Watch Foundation later said it identified 8,029 AI-generated images and videos of child sexual abuse in 2025 alone. This
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