Generative AI: A New Threat to Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by UNICRI Publications

The UNICRI Center for AI and Robotics, together with the Bracket Foundation and Value for Good, has produced a new study: Generative AI: A New Threat for Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. While AI offers enormous benefits to all of us, including law enforcement agencies in tackling the online exploitation and abuse of children, the same technology – especially generative AI – creates an unprecedented challenge in combating this heinous crime. Understanding the problem is the first step to combating it. This study provides: a comprehensive overview of the new challenges; perspectives and data from law enforcement, the private sector, governments and health care providers; and possible mitigation strategies. This study provides additional resources and potential risk mitigation options to help us all effectively address this growing problem.