AI Tools Trained With Photos of Australian Babies, Children Without Consent

A human rights group is calling on the Australian government to urgently deliver laws around the use of images of children. Images of Australian children are being used to create powerful artificial intelligence (AI) tools without parental consent or knowledge, according to Human Rights Watch. The organisation says photos are being scraped off the internet and placed in large data sets that companies can use to then train generative AI systems. From there, others can use the tools to create deepfake images, putting children at risk of exploitation. “Children should...