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UK to become first country to criminalise AI child abuse tools

British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper told the BBC that around 500,000 children across the United Kingdom are victims of child abuse [Jeff Overs/BBC/Handout via Reuters]

The United Kingdom is set to become the first country to introduce laws against artificial intelligence tools used to generate sexualised images of children, in an attempt to curb a phenomenon that Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said was increasing.

The government announced on Saturday that it would make it illegal to possess, create or distribute AI tools that generate abusive images, making it a crime punishable by up to five years in prison.

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