UK Introduces ‘World-First’ Laws to Ban AI Tools That Create Child Abuse Images

The U.K. will become the first country in the world to make it illegal to use AI tools that create child sexual abuse images.

The U.K. has introduced introduce several “world-first” laws aimed at tackling the use of AI technology to produce child sexual abuse images.

To address a legal loophole that has raised significant concerns among police and online safety advocates, the U.K. will outlaw the possession, creation, and distribution of AI tools intended to produce child…