Child-Abuse Images Created Using AI Realistic Enough to Break UK Law

Research by the Internet Watch Foundation has found 11,000 AI-generated images were shared in one month on a single dark web forum used by paedophiles.

A person using a laptop on Mar. 30, 2020. PA

Images generated by artificial intelligence (AI) and depicting real victims of child sexual abuse are now so realistic they would breach UK law, an internet watchdog has warned.

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) says AI-generated child abuse images are threatening to “overwhelm” the internet.