Bangladesh, Oct. 8 -- The rise of artificial intelligence has brought extraordinary opportunities to the world – from revolutionizing healthcare to transforming education – but it has also unleashed a darker side that experts now describe as one of the fastest-growing threats to children worldwide. According to a new report by the Childlight Global Child Safety Institute, cases of AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM), including deepfakes that digitally place childrens faces onto explicit adult images, have skyrocketed in recent years, prompting urgent calls for stronger international safeguards and accountability.

The numbers are staggering. Reports to the US National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCME...