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Safety groups say images are so lifelike that it can be hard to see if real children were subject to harms in production

In 2011, Timmothy Pitzen’s mother took him out of school for a spontaneous road trip. Three days later, she had killed herself but there was no trace of the boy, who is still missing 13 years later. Loved ones say a clue to his whereabouts was in her suicide note.…

It takes a lot to shock Kelvin Lay. My friend and colleague was responsible for setting up Africa’s first dedicated child exploitation and human trafficking units, and for many years he was a senior investigating officer for the Child Exploitation Online Protection Centre at the UK’s National Crime Agency, specialising…

Steven Anderegg allegedly used the Stable Diffusion AI model to generate photos; if convicted, he could face up to 70 years in prison