Overview
- A UK Safer Internet Centre and Nominet poll of 2,000 children aged 8–17 and 2,000 parents found 60% of young people worry someone could use AI to make inappropriate images of them, with 65% of parents sharing the concern.
- Twelve percent of teenagers aged 13–17 said they have seen peers use AI to generate sexual pictures or videos of others.
- Nearly all young people surveyed (97%) report using AI, with many saying it improves their lives and can offer emotional or mental‑health support.
- The ICO and Ofcom are investigating X and xAI after Grok was used to produce non‑consensual sexual deepfakes, with X saying it introduced measures in response.
- The government is advancing school AI pilots and says it has brought forward a new criminal offence targeting non‑consensual AI‑created explicit content, as the NEU calls for faster safeguards and guidance.