AGs Ask Congress to Protect Children Against AI CSAM Abuse

Congress should study how AI “can and is being used to exploit children through child sexual abuse material,” a bipartisan group of attorneys general from more than 50 states and territories wrote Congress Tuesday, asking lawmakers to pass federal legislation to protect children from abuse. The letter highlights how AI has been used to track children across the internet, mimic children’s characteristics and generate child pornography. “While internet crimes against children are already being actively prosecuted, we are concerned that AI is creating a new frontier for abuse that makes prosecution more difficult,” they wrote.