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1 Million AI Abuse Reports: NCMEC Questions Amazon
30 Jan
Summary
- NCMEC received over 1 million AI-related CSAM reports in 2025.
- Amazon reportedly submitted the vast majority of these reports.
- CSAM reports surged from 4,700 in 2023 to over 1 million in 2025.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) received an alarming surge of over one million reports related to AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in 2025. Amazon was identified as the source for the vast majority of these reports, which the company stated originated from external data used to train its AI services.
NCMEC's executive director, Fallon McNulty, expressed concern over the volume and origin of the data, noting that unlike reports from other companies, Amazon's were largely "inactionable" due to a lack of source information. Amazon stated it takes a cautious approach to scanning training data and aims to over-report to NCMEC to ensure no cases are missed.
This represents a dramatic escalation in AI-related CSAM. In 2023, NCMEC received only 4,700 such reports, with the number rising to 67,000 in 2024 before exceeding one million in 2025. AI safety concerns are growing, with chatbots also implicated in tragic cases, leading to lawsuits against companies like OpenAI and Meta.
