AI-generated child abuse images surge

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AI-generated child abuse images surge

There are real worries that Artificial Intelligence is making it easier to create images of child sexual abuse.

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New figures from the Internet Watch Foundation, shared exclusively with this programme, reveal more than 6,000 AI-generated abuse images were identified in just six months already surpassing the total recorded in the whole of last year.

A warning this report contains language sexualising children which viewers may find distressing.

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Date: September 29, 2026