A panel of experts on child abuse and technology has cautioned that students in British schools are utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to produce inappropriate images of fellow children.
According to reports, several schools have discovered that students are using AI technology to produce images of children that qualify as child pornography.
The director of the UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC), Emma Hardy, expressed that the images were extremely realistic and frightening.
According to Hardy, who is also the communications director for the Internet Watch Foundation, the images we are seeing are of a similar standard to professional photos taken every year of children in schools across the country.
The use of AI to create realistic images of children can sometimes result in the depiction of identifiable victims of past sexual abuse.
She cautioned children about the potential danger of their information being shared online and seen by unknown individuals and predators. She expressed fear about the possibility of this technology being used for malicious purposes.
According to UKSIC, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting children, schools must take immediate action to implement improved measures for blocking child pornography.
According to UKSIC director David Wright, the recent reports of children creating these images should not be unexpected. It is important to anticipate such harmful behaviors as new technologies, like AI generators, become increasingly available to the general public.
According to the speaker, children may be using AI image-generators without understanding the negative impact it could have. While the number of cases is currently low, it is important to take action now to prevent schools from becoming overwhelmed and the issue from becoming worse.
The UK strictly prohibits imagery depicting child sexual abuse, regardless of whether it is generated by AI or captured in a photograph. Even cartoon or less realistic depictions are considered illegal and are not allowed to be created, owned, or shared.
The Internet Watch Foundation recently cautioned that images of child sexual abuse created by AI are becoming a major issue on the internet. These images have become so realistic that even trained analysts cannot differentiate them from real photos.
Source: theguardian.com
