A new IWF report reveals record levels of AI‑generated child sexual abuse imagery and alarming insight into how offenders are exploiting emerging technologies. The charity is urging EU lawmakers to introduce a zero‑tolerance ban on AI‑generated abuse and the tools used to create it.
Record levels of dangerous AI‑generated child sexual abuse imagery were found by the IWF in 2025, with a dramatic rise in severe content. New polling shows 82% of UK adults want government action to ensure AI systems are safe by design.
AI imagery getting more ‘extreme’ as IWF welcomes new rules allowing thorough testing of AI tools
Hannah Swirsky, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at IWF, sets out why AI is an issue for anyone whose images appear online.
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A new report from the IWF shows how the pace of AI development has not slowed as offenders are using better, faster and more accessible tools to generate new criminal images and videos.
New data reveals AI child sexual abuse continues to spread online as criminals create more realistic, and more extreme, imagery.
IWF confirms it has begun to see AI-generated imagery of child sexual abuse being shared online, with some examples being so realistic they would be indistinguishable from real imagery.
This episode explores what needs to be done to try and control the explosion in harmful AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery.
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A chilling excerpt from a new IWF report that delves into what analysts at the child protection charity currently see regarding synthetic or AI-generated imagery of child sexual abuse.