Calls to criminalise possession and use of AI tools that create child abuse material

A speaker at the Tech Show at ExCel London in March 2025 (Getty)

A speaker at the Tech Show at ExCel London in March 2025. Credit: Getty Images

There are calls for the federal government to criminalise the possession and use of Artificial Intelligence tools designed to create child abuse material.


Key Points
  • Child safety advocates say Australia should set a global benchmark for ethical AI and child protection.
  • The roundtable was convened by the International Centre for Exploited and Missing Children Australia (ICMEC) to confront the problem of child safety in the age of Artificial Intelligence.
  • In 2023, intelligence company Graphika reported that the use of synthetic, non-consensual, intimate imagery was becoming more widespread.

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