27-year-old used AI to create child sexual abuse material from real children's photos
A 27-year-old graduate student was caught using AI to generate child sexual abuse material from publicly available photographs of real children, reportedly creating images on request for customers. The incident highlights risks associated with children's photos being shared on social media platforms.
What happened
A 27-year-old graduate student was caught using pictures of real children from the internet to create artificial intelligence-generated child sexual abuse material for pedophiles.
He created these images by request for customers.
Reported impact
Real children whose images were publicly posted on social media had their photographs misused to create child sexual abuse material.
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