An Influential AI Dataset Contains Thousands of Suspected Child Sexual Abuse Images

Published on December 21, 2023

An influential machine learning dataset—the likes of which has been used to train numerous popular image-generation applications—includes thousands of suspected images of child sexual abuse, a new academic report reveals.

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