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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Katie McQue

Child predators are using AI to create sexual images of their favorite ‘stars’: ‘My body will never be mine again’

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Since dark web browsers let users be anonymous or untraceable, child safety groups have few means of requesting images be removed or reporting users to law enforcement. Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images

Predators active on the dark web are increasingly using artificial intelligence to create sexually explicit images of children, fixating especially on “star” victims, child safety experts warn.

Child safety groups tracking the activity of predators chatting in dark web forums say they are increasingly finding conversations about creating new images based on older child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Many of these predators using AI obsess over child victims referred to as “stars” in predator communities for the popularity of their images.

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