Figures show huge rise in AI-generated child abuse images

Published:  Tue 29 Sep 2026

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

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.

Watcht the full report at Channel 4.

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