Safety groups say images are so lifelike that it can be hard to see if real
children were subject to harms in production
The volume of sexually explicit images of children being generated by predators
using artificial intelligence is overwhelming law enforcement’s capabilities to
identify and rescue real-life victims, child safety experts warn.
Prosecutors and child safety groups working to combat crimes against children
say AI-generated images have become so lifelike that in some cases it is
difficult to determine whether real children have been subjected to real harms
for their production. A single AI model can generate tens of thousands of new
images in a short amount of time, and this content has begun to flood both the
dark web and seep into the mainstream internet.
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