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09-11-2023
LONDON/ MADRID: The mother of a girl whose photo was used in Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated naked images says hundreds of parents have told her their children are also victims.
Miriam Al Adib’s daughter was one of several children from a Spanish village who had indecent images created using photos of them fully clothed.
She says parents around the world claim their children have also been targeted.
One Welsh teacher said schools needed to play a role in explaining the dangers of AI to children.
The Internet Watch Foundation said it was “not surprising” the practice was so widespread.
The town of Almendralejo hit headlines in September after more than 20 girls, aged from 11 to 17 had AI-generated indecent images shared online without their knowledge.
Al Adib was among a group of parents who created a support group for those affected, which she said led to many other parents contacting her with their own concerns.
“Hundreds of people have written to me saying ‘how lucky you have been [to have support] because this same thing has happened to us, it happened to my daughter, or it happened to me, and I haven’t had any support’,” she told Wales Live.
“If any girl is affected, please tell your parents.”
Al Adib said mothers and fathers of those affected in her village had started a group to help support each other and their children.
She added: “This helped many girls to come forward to also say what had happened to them. It is important to know, because many girls are not able do not dare to talk about this with their parents.”
She said the combination of access to social networks, pornography and artificial intelligence was a “weapon of destruction”.
The UK’s first AI safety summit last week heard Home Secretary Suella Braverman commit to clamp down on AI-generated child sexual abuse material.
The UK government said: “AI-generated child sexual exploitation and abuse content is illegal, regardless of whether it depicts a real child or not.
“The Online Safety Act will require companies to take proactive action in tackling all forms of online child sexual abuse including grooming, live-streaming, child sexual abuse material and prohibited images of children – or face huge fines.”
Susie Hargreaves, chief executive of the Internet Watch Foundation, said child sexual abuse material generated through AI needs to be addressed “urgently”. (Int’l Monitoring Desk)
