FBI Director Testifies in Wake of Kirk Assassination

[epoch_component type=”live_update” section_title=”FBI Investigating Dozens of Cases of AI-Produced Child Sex Abuse Material” update_time=”2025-09-16T11:33″ inline_authors=”202900″ update_source=”” pinned=”false”] Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) asked FBI Director Kash Patel if the agency is investigating any instances of generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots creating “synthetic child sex abuse material,” where the technology generates pornographic content from a real child’s photo. “We are investigating dozens of those matters,” Patel said. “As far as the FBI is concerned, generative AI that produces child sexual abuse material (CSAM), under our investigative authorities, is treated as equally as if it were actual child sexual abuse material. There’s no difference for me in the FBI.”...