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Artificial Intelligence: Child Sexual Abuse Material

Commons · Question 23214 · Tabled 10 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 20 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Peter Fortune

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of AI regulation in (a) detecting, (b) preventing, and (c) removing child sexual abuse images created by generative artificial intelligence.

Answer

Answered by Feryal Clark, 20 Jan 2025

AI generated child sexual abuse images are illegal material. It is an offence to produce, store or share any material that contains or depicts child sexual abuse, regardless of whether the material depicts a real child or not.The government engages regula...