Child sexual abuse pictures are found in a database that's used to train AI image generators

• A dataset used to train AI image generators contains pictures of child sexual abuse, a study found.
• The findings add to fears AI tools could spark a wave of AI-generated child sexual abuse content.
• The LAION database has now been taken offline while its creators remove the images. 

A dataset used to train AI image generators contains thousands of suspected images of child sexual abuse, according to a new report.