AFP calls on public to donate childhood photos in bid to combat child abuse with AI

The My Picture Matters project needs thousands of images from adults of themselves as children to train up an AI system. Photograph: Image Source/Alamy

The Australian federal police want the public to donate their childhood photos to an artificial intelligence project aimed at helping save children from abuse.

The project, run by AFP and Monash University, will help detect child abuse material on the dark web, or on devices that have been seized during criminal investigations.