A coalition of attorneys general from 50 states and four territories is asking Congress to study and regulate the use of artificial intelligence to exploit children and create child sexual abuse material.
The coalition, led by South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, sent a letter to the House and the Senate on Tuesday asking for legislation to rein in AI-generated child pornography. The letter called for Congress to form a commission to study how AI is used to exploit children and to address it through legal actions such as expanding existing restrictions on the material.Congress is preparing to address a multitude of legal problems related to AI.
"AI brings the potential for a lot of good, but also kicks open the door for a lot of wrongdoing," Wilson said in a statement."We need to make sure children aren't harmed as this technology becomes more widespread, and when Congress comes back from recess, we want this request to be one of the first things they see on their desks."
"The argument would be, 'well, I'm not harming anyone — in fact, it's not even a real person,' but you're creating demand for the industry that exploits children," Wilson told the Associated Press.
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