AI puts real child sex victims at risk, experts say

Published:  Wed 18 Jun 2025

An increase in sophisticated AI-generated images of child abuse could result in police and other agencies chasing "fake" rather than genuine abuse, a charity has said.

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), based in Histon, near Cambridge, finds, flags, and removes images and videos of child sexual abuse from the web.

However, the ever-increasing use of AI images - a 300% increase in 2024 compared to the previous year - has added another layer of complexity to their work.

Read the full artice at BBC News.

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