US child psychiatrist jailed for making deepfake child porn
A North Carolina-based child psychiatrist has been hit with a 40-year prison sentence for using artificial intelligence to make child pornography. Using images from a school dance and a photo commemorating the first day of school, amongst others, David Tatum, 41, used a 'deepfake website' to digitally alter clothed images of minors in order to make them sexually explicit. Tatum was also charged with secretly recording his 15-year-old cousin and other underage family members as they undressed and showered at a family vacation home in Maine. The incident highlights the ease with which inappropriate and illegal images can be manipulated and distributed using AI technologies. Deepfake pornography Deepfake pornography, or simply fake pornography, is a type of synthetic pornography that is created via altering already-existing photographs or video by applying deepfake technology to the images of the participants. Source: Wikipedia 🔗 System 🤖 Unknown Operator: David Tatum Developer: Country: USA Sector: Media/entertainment/sports/arts Purpose: Self-grati fication Technology: Deepfake - audio, video; Machine learning Issue: Ethics/values; Safety Legal, regulatory 👩🏼⚖️ USA v David Tatum (pdf) US Attorne y's Office (2023). Charlotte Child Psychiatrist Is Sentenced To 40 Years In Prison For Sexual Exploitation of A Minor And Using Artificial Intelligence To Create Child Pornography Images Of Minors
- Date it happened
- 2016-01-01
- Organisation involved
- David Tatum
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