Internet Watch Foundation

The Internet Watch Foundation, a UK-based charity that tracks online child sexual abuse material, reports a large increase in such material generated by artificial intelligence tools. The finding highlights growing concern that AI image generators are being misused to produce and spread illegal content depicting children, prompting calls from child safety organisations for stronger regulation of AI technology and faster removal efforts by online platforms.

The Internet Watch Foundation says it has recorded a large increase in child sexual abuse material generated by artificial intelligence tools. The UK-based charity, which monitors and helps remove illegal content, warns that generative AI is making it easier to produce such images, raising new challenges for law enforcement and online platforms. The finding has prompted concern among technology communities about the misuse of image-generation systems.