Stanford Internet Observatory's take on AI CSAM: “Courts will likely decide that so long as it is not abuse-trained or a morphed image, photorealistic CG-CSAM is protected by the First Amendment because it does no direct harm...” https://www.lawfaremedia.org/ ...
the FBI announced today that it's charged a man for generating “thousands of realistic images of prepubescent minors” and sending them to a minor in IG messages: https://www.404media.co/...
this is a precedent-setting case: “using AI to produce sexually explicit depictions of children is illegal, and the DOJ will not hesitate to hold accountable those who possess, produce, or distribute AI-generated child sexual abuse material” https://www.404media.co/...
he was allegedly taking requests from other people online; @emanuelmaiberg has reported extensively on the booming business of AI porn, including abusive material. and genAI companies have known for a while that people use their tools to make CSAM: https://www.404media.co/...