Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)--Cases involving artificial intelligence-generated sexual deepfakes targeting children more than doubled in number in Japan in the first half of 2026, the National Police Agency said Monday. Police handled 123 such cases in the six months, exceeding

生成AIなどを使って18歳未満の児童の画像を加工する「性的ディープフェイク」について、警察庁は3日、今年上半期(1~6月)に警察が取り扱った事案は123件あり、昨年同期から倍増したと発表した。 生成…

Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)--Cases involving artificial intelligence-generated sexual deepfakes targeting children more than doubled in number in Japan in the first half of 2026,…