As the quote in the original article doesn't mention CSAM but rather child pornography, I think it is relevant to talk about the difference between these terms.

As the quote in the original article doesn't mention CSAM but rather child pornography, I think it is relevant to talk about the difference between these terms. The term of CSAM (Child sexual abuse material) was introduced to (IMHO reasonably) intentionally change the focus from pornography - linking it with legal forms of pornography - towards the key issue that this material is provided through horrific criminal abuse of children. However, if we're talking about AI generated images then they indicate a difference. They could be properly described as child pornography, as they are pornographic images involving children, but they aren't really CSAM, as no actual sexual abuse was involved - so perhaps it's time to start treating those as separate terms, separate classes of material which share some similarities (and in some aspects should be treated the same) but have meaningful differences, and in some aspects should be treated differently.