Parents will be alarmed that use of A.l. for child abuse pics is not illegal

Children who have suffered sexual abuse in the past are now being made victims all over again, with images of their abuse being commodified to train AI models.

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On their birthday blowing out their candles. But these images can be used to be made into a child abuse image. People need to really understand the escalation of what that means in the real world."

Ms Phillips said the case of student Alexander McCartney, from Co Armagh, Northern Ireland, highlighted the need for strong action against online paedophiles.

His online abuse of US schoolgirl Cimarron Thomas under a fake profile led to the 12-year-old shooting herself dead at home.

McCartney, 26, was last year jailed for at least 20 years for manslaughter, online sexual abuse, and blackmail.