OpenAI Reports 80-Fold Surge in Child Exploitation Cases Amid AI Expansion in 2025

OpenAI’s Child Exploitation Reports Surge 80-Fold in 2025: What It Means for AI Safety OpenAI reported a staggering 80-fold increase in child exploitation incident reports to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) in the first half of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, jumping from 947 reports to 75,027.[1][2] This…