CSAM (child sexual abuse material)
Content that is illegal to possess or process. In the LAION-5B case, the Stanford Internet Observatory identified thousands of suspected instances of such material among the dataset's scraped links, forcing the dataset's removal. In an audit, confirmed illegal content is a decisive finding that overrides all others.
Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 2 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP).
How each discipline defines it
The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.
Content that is illegal to possess or process. In the LAION-5B case, the Stanford Internet Observatory identified thousands of suspected instances of such material among the dataset's scraped links, forcing the dataset's removal. In an audit, confirmed illegal content is a decisive finding that overrides all others.
Sexually explicit material depicting a minor; NCMEC's CyberTipline tracks reports of this material, including AI-generated instances, which rose sharply between 2023 and 2025.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first module of every program is free with a free account.
- Age Gates, Young Learners, and Student Safety · Bonus: AI for Educators, Certified AI Practitioner: Workplace Foundations
- Auditing your own data: provenance, gaps, and quiet poison · Data Reality, Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP)
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.