(WARNING: This article contains details of abuse. Child sexual abuse imagery is illegal. If you find sexually explicit images or videos of minors on the web, report them. please)
As AI takes over the world, its impact is already beginning to become apparent. Stephen LaRouche, 61, has pleaded guilty to making at least seven of his child porn AI-generated deepfake movies where one person’s face is superimposed on another’s body. Larouche, a native of Sherbrooke, Quebec, also admitted to having thousands of files on his computer, including child pornography. For this crime he received an additional four and a half years in prison. Visual depictions of persons under the age of 18 engaging in sexually explicit acts are prohibited by Canadian law. Deepfake porn could be a growing problem in the AI race.
according to Canadian Press, Provincial Court Judge Benoit Gagnon said in his decision that he believed the case was the first of its kind in Canada. We have expressed concern that AI technology will be used to superimpose children’s faces in photos found on social media onto records of other children who have been sexually assaulted. Larouche’s attorney argued that a lighter sentence was appropriate because no child was harmed in the making of the video, but the judge ruled that the children whose bodies were used in the video would be sexually fertile again. determined to have been sexually assaulted.
“The use of deepfake technology in the hands of criminals is appalling. You could be a potential victim,” she added.
Many photos used for child pornography contain digital fingerprints that allow law enforcement to recognize them, according to the judge’s order. By creating fake photos, Larouche made it more difficult for law enforcement to stop the dissemination of illegal material.
There are currently no federal laws in the United States prohibiting the unauthorized use of photographs of people in deepfake porn or related technology. According to the judge, many photos of child sexual exploitation have digital fingerprints that allow investigators to recognize them. Larouche made it more difficult for law enforcement to stop the dissemination of illegal material by creating composite photographs.
Larouche also admitted to possessing over 545,000 computer files, some of which he shared with others, including photographs and videos of child sexual assaults. It was
These photographs included a series of photographs of one girl who was abused over seven years between the ages of 7 and 14. Police also found images of the girl from her social media accounts and personal data such as her real name, her home location and school name.
(The above article was first published on LatestLY on May 4, 2023 at 11:28 PM (IST). For news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, please visit our website Please log on to the site latestly.com).
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