https://www.iwf.org.uk/about-us/why-we-exist/our-research/how-ai-is-being-abused-to-create-child-sexual-abuse-imagery/
Increase in AI-generated Child Sexual Abuse Material: The latest findings show over 3,500 new AI-generated criminal child sexual abuse images have been uploaded ...
https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/charlotte-child-sexual-abuse-material-case-shows-unsettling-reach-of-ai-generated-imagery
Apr 29, 2024 — He was also found to have used generative artificial intelligence (AI) to digitally alter clothed images of minors into child pornography.
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/25-arrested-in-global-hit-against-ai-generated-child-sexual-abuse-material
Feb 28, 2025 — AI models able to generate or alter images are being abused by offenders to produce CSAM and for sexual extorsion. Such models are widely ...
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/army-soldier-arrested-using-ai-generate-child-pornography
“As alleged, the defendant used AI tools to morph images of real kids into horrific child sexual abuse material. Criminals considering the use ...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq6l241z5mjo
Oct 28, 2024 — Hugh Nelson, 27, from Bolton, used a computer programme to generate the images which he shared and sold online to other paedophiles over an 18- ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRj-8G9eWhE
At least 25 arrests have been made during a worldwide operation against child abuse images generated by artificial intelligence (AI), ...
https://www.wpr.org/news/felony-ai-child-porn-case-eau-claire-county-new-wisconsin-law
Aug 19, 2025 — According to a tally by the nonprofit Enough Abuse, 45 states have criminalized AI-generated or computer-edited child pornography. Court records ...
https://www.thorn.org/blog/ai-generated-child-sexual-abuse-the-new-digital-threat-we-must-confront-now/
Aug 13, 2025 — Perpetrators are increasingly using generative AI to create sexually explicit synthetic images of real children, known as AI-generated child ...
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-college-student-ai-chld-porn
Jun 4, 2025 — A student at Northern Illinois University allegedly had thousands of images of child pornography generated using artificial intelligence.
https://www.afp.gov.au/news-centre/media-release/victorian-man-jailed-producing-almost-800-ai-generated-child-abuse-images
Jul 31, 2024 — A Melbourne man has been sentenced to 13 months' imprisonment for online child abuse offences, including using an artificial intelligence program to produce ...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/law-enforcement-cracking-down-on-creators-of-ai-generated-child-sexual-abuse-images
Oct 25, 2024 — Law enforcement agencies across the US are cracking down on a troubling spread of child sexual abuse imagery created through artificial intelligence technology.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/12/paedophiles-using-open-source-ai-to-create-child-sexual-abuse-content-says-watchdog
Sep 12, 2023 — Freely available artificial intelligence software is being used by paedophiles to create child sexual abuse material (CSAM), according to a safety watchdog.
https://www.federalcriminaldefenseadvocates.com/ai-generated-child-porn
Oct 11, 2025 — AI-generated images of child pornography are considered Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), making it a federal crime to view or distribute ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DPfbdhDjJ3H/
Using AI, or any other digital editing technology, predators can produce realistic visual depictions of child sexual abuse. AI-generated CSAM ...
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5360238-ai-is-hurtling-us-toward-a-child-pornography-crisis/
Jun 23, 2025 — Believe it or not, artificial intelligence-generated child pornography is completely unrestricted under the laws of at least 12 states.
https://fedpol.report/en/report-2024-en/serious-crime/ai-for-child-pornography-can-it-be-morally-acceptable/
A young man from Denmark selling AI-generated child pornography all over the world is tracked down by the police: there are arrests in 19 countries, three of ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOdPP44ZrfE
Fond du Lac County resident Meillo Schneider, 20, is facing seven counts of possession of virtual child pornography for allegedly accessing ...
https://www.ft.com/content/81060e76-994d-4635-af02-637504c69532
Oct 28, 2024 — Man who used AI to create child abuse images jailed for 18 years in UK. Judge rules in landmark case involving deepfake sexual abuse material.
https://themainemonitor.org/ai-child-sexual-abuse-legislation/
Nov 7, 2025 — The new bill comes after the BDN reported on how current law allows the computer-generated images to spread unchecked.