25 arrests worldwide for content generated by artificial intelligence – Liberation

It is a new kind of a new kind. At least 25 individuals were arrested for online broadcasting of child pornographic content generated by artificial intelligence (Ia) in one of the first international operations of this type, Europol announced this Friday, February 28. « The Cumberland operation was one of the first cases involving child pornographic content generated by AIwhich makes the task of investigators particularly difficult due to The absence of legislation national concerning these crimes « said in a statement the European police agency, based in The Hague, in the Netherlands.

The majority of the arrests were carried out Wednesday during a global operation by the Danish police and in which the police also participated in 18 other countries, including France. The thread follows the arrest, in November, of the main suspect in the case, a Danish national who managed an online platform on which he distributed the content generated by the AI ​​he produced.

« After an online symbolic payment, Internet users around the world could get a password to access the platform and watch children be abused »said Europol. « The sexual exploitation of online children remains one of the most threatening demonstrations of cybercrime in the European Union »underlines the European police agency, for whom it « Continue to be one of the main priorities of the police, which must face an ever increasing volume of illegal content ».