Sites allowing AI-generated child abuse images taken offline in Australia

The proliferation of AI tools has led to new forms of abuse impacting children, including pornography scandals at universities and schools worldwide, where teenagers create sexualised images of their classmates. — Image by councilcle from Pixabay

SYDNEY: Three websites allowing users to create child sexual exploitation material with artificial intelligence have gone offline in Australia, the country's Internet regulator said Thursday.

Canberra's eSafety said the sites had received over 100,000 visits from Australia and had been linked to a number of high-profile cases of AI-generated child sexual exploitation material of students at local schools.