Reports of AI child abuse images are climbing. Here's what one expert wants parents to know.

Reports of AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) have surged from under 5,000 in 2023 to over 400,000 in the past year, overwhelming US law enforcement. Experts state forensic tools cannot reliably distinguish AI images from real victims, causing immense misallocation of investigative resources.

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