US receives thousands of reports of AI-generated child abuse content in growing risk


Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg, TikTok's CEO Shou Zi Chew, X Corp's CEO Linda Yaccarino, Co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc. Evan Spiegel, and Discord's CEO Jason Citron attend the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation, at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, U.S., January 31, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard

(Reuters) - The U.S. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) said it had received 4,700 reports last year about content generated by artificial intelligence that depicted child sexual exploitation.

The NCMEC told Reuters the figure reflected a nascent problem that is expected to grow as AI technology advances.

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