Convicted Criminal Continued Creating AI-Generated Nudes After Arrest
Ohio man became first person convicted under Take It Down Act for using AI to create and share explicit images of victims without consent. He kept making more after pleading guilty.
Convicted Criminal Continued Creating AI-Generated Nudes After Arrest
An Ohio man has become the first person convicted under the Take It Down Act after pleading guilty to creating and sharing both real and AI-generated explicit images of at least 10 victims without their consent. However, even after his arrest, the criminal continued to use AI tools to produce more non-consensual intimate images (NCII).
According to a Justice Department press release, 37-year-old James Strahler II used AI tools to create fake sexualized images to harass at least six women he knew. In some images, he depicted one victim engaged in sex with her father and shared that image with her mother and co-workers. He also used AI to create explicit and incestuous images that placed the faces of minor boys on adult bodies, including young boys related to his victims.
Police found that Strahler
Source: Ars Technica
