South Korean arrested for using AI to create sexual images of children
A South Korean man was jailed for using artificial intelligence to generate explicit images of children. The unnamed man in his 40s was found to have developed approximately 360 AI-generated, highly explicit images of children, which, it is understood, were not distributed online. Law enforcement subsequently confiscated the images. This ruling acknowledge d that AI-generated imagery can possess a 'high level ' of realism, making it indistinguishable from actual children and minors. Prosecutors had argued that the scope of sexually exploitative material encompassed descriptions of sexual activities involving 'virtual humans'. The first-of-its-kind ruling saw the culprit sentenced to two and a half years in prison. System 🤖 Unknown Operator: Developer: Country: S Korea Sector: Media/entertainment/sports/arts Purpose: Self-gratification Technology: Deepfake - audio, video; Generative adversarial network (GAN); Neural network; Deep learning; Machine learning Issue: Ethics/values; Safety
- Date it happened
- 2023-04-01
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