Promising action, the home secretary says AI is putting the issue 'on steroids' and 'escalating and industrialising' the scale of the problem.

The Home Office said fake images are being used to blackmail children and force them to livestream further abuse.

Low-cost AI could let more workers access the technology. That could boost productivity even as concerns remain about bots replacing humans.

AI tools designed to generate child sex abuse material (CSAM) will be made illegal under "world leading" legislation, the government has announced.

Four new laws will tackle the threat of child sexual abuse images generated by artificial intelligence (AI), the government has announced.

Judges will be able to hand offenders - including those found to own AI 'paedophile manuals' - long jail terms ...