AI driving rise in child sexual abuse material cases, North Dakota investigator says

By: Michael Achterling

Outlets: North Dakota Monitor

Published: May 14, 2026

Words: 688

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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A member of the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation told state lawmakers Wednesday the agency needs more tools to address a rise in child sexual exploitation involving images generated by artificial intelligence.

“Child exploitation has always existed, but what AI has done is made it faster, easier and more scalable while making it harder for us to detect and investigate,” Cassidy Halseth, commander for the North Dakota Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force said.

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