Australian children's photos used without consent for AI training, risking malicious deepfakes, says Human Rights Watch.

Personal photos of Australian children are being used without consent to create powerful AI tools, according to Human Rights Watch. The photos are scraped off the web into a large dataset used to train AI tools, potentially leading to malicious deepfakes that exploit and harm children. Human Rights Watch urges the Australian government to adopt laws protecting children's data from AI misuse.