Media regulator 'very concerned' about AI-generated child sex abuse material online

Online Safety Commissioner Niamh Hodnett said: 'We did meet with Open AI – ChatGpt – recently. We discussed concerns in general in relation to online safety, including AI-generated CSAM (child sexual abuse material), and we would meet with all the platforms in this regard to highlight our concerns.'

Ireland’s media regulator has told companies behind artificial intelligence (AI) platforms like ChatGPT that it is “very concerned” about the risk of AI-generated child sex abuse material being created and shared online.

Coimisiún na Meán has also said it is seeing “pushback” from big tech firms it regulates and that its supervision of such companies is “already bubbling up issues” it may need to escalate to full-scale investigations in future.