Internet Watch Foundation verified 1,286 AI-made videos in first half of year, mostly in worst category of abuse
The number of videos online of child sexual abuse generated by artificial intelligence has surged as paedophiles have pounced on developments in the technology.
The Internet Watch Foundation said AI videos of abuse had “crossed the threshold” of being near-indistinguishable from “real imagery” and had sharply increased in prevalence online this year.
In the first six months of 2025, the UK-based internet safety watchdog verified 1,286 AI-made videos with child sexual abuse material (CSAM) that broke the law, compared with two in the same period last year.
The IWF said just over 1,000 of the videos featured category A abuse, the classification for the most severe type of material.
