""Any numbers that we see, it's the tip of the iceberg," said Melissa Stroebel, vice president of research and strategic insights at Thorn, a nonprofit that builds technology to combat online child sexual exploitation. "That is about what has been either detected or proactively reported.""
""In the same way that you can Photoshop grandma who missed the Christmas picture into the Christmas picture, bad actors can Photoshop themselves into scenes and records of an identified child," Stroebel told Fortune."
AI-generated child sexual abuse material is increasing dramatically, with a reported 260-fold rise in videos from 2024 to 2025. This surge complicates the efforts of investigators already dealing with child sexual abuse material. Generative AI is making it easier for offenders to create new content, including re-victimizing historical abuse survivors by inserting themselves into existing images. Experts warn that current numbers represent only a fraction of the actual problem, indicating a growing crisis in online child exploitation.
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