Brazilian Children's Photos Exploited for AI Training Without Consent

Over 170 personal images of children have been scraped from the internet and used to train AI, raising serious privacy and ethical concerns.

Human Rights Watch identified over 170 images of Brazilian children in the LAION-5B dataset.
These images were taken from personal blogs, social media, and video-sharing sites without consent.
AI tools trained on these images have been used to create harmful deepfakes, including explicit content.
LAION, the dataset's custodian, has pledged to remove the identified images but insists on shared responsibility for online content.
Calls for stronger data protection laws and AI regulations are growing to safeguard children's privacy.