A Florida man is facing 20 counts of obscenity for allegedly creating and distributing AI-generated child pornography.

A Florida man is facing 20 counts of obscenity for allegedly creating and distributing AI-generated child pornography, highlighting the danger and ubiquity of generative AI being used for nefarious reasons.

Phillip Michael McCorkle was arrested last week while he was working at a movie theater in Vero Beach, Florida, according to TV station CBS 12 News. A crew from the TV station captured the arrest, which made for dramatic video footage due to law enforcement leading away the uniform-wearing McCorkle from the theater in handcuffs.

  • Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    514·
    2 months ago

    That does not change the fact that chemical castration is the most successful treatment we have to stop CSA recidivism at present.

     

    That guy didn’t even commit anything just having AI imagery depicting children.

    Possessing and distributing images that sexually objectify children may be a crime, even if generated by AI.