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A man who used AI to create sexual images of real children has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.
Man who created indecent images using AI-enabled technology sentenced to 24 years | Greater Manchester Police
https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2024/october/man-who-created-indecent-images-using-ai-enabled-technology-sentenced-to-24- years/
Man who used AI to create child abuse images jailed for 18 years | Crime | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/28/man-who-used-ai-to-create-child-abuse-images-jailed-for-18-years
In August 2024, Hugh Nelson from Bolton, England, was found guilty of 16 counts of child sexual abuse following an investigation by Greater Manchester Police. Greater Manchester Police said Nelson was using 3D software toDaz 3DIt seems that he used “ to change real children’s photos into sexual ones. It appears that there were cases in which pedophiles provided photos of real children and asked them to create sexual images.
It has also been confirmed that Nelson sold the sexually explicit images he created on the internet, where he discussed child sexual abuse with other offenders. Nelson has been selling sexual images of children on the Internet for 18 months, earning him approximately 5,000 pounds (approximately 990,000 yen).
Until now, “deep fakeIn one case, Nelson was found guilty of creating 3D characters from real photographs and generating sexual images.
Judge Martin Walsh, who handed down the sentence at Bolton Crown Court, said it was “impossible to know” whether a child had been raped as a result of the images created by Nelson. He said Nelson had never considered the harm caused by producing and distributing images that were “horribly disturbing”. Judge Walsh added: “There appears to be no limit to the depth of the wrongdoing that appears in the images you have created and are willing to share with others.”
Nelson was arrested after telling an undercover police officer in an Internet chat room that it would cost 80 pounds (about 16,000 yen) to create a sexual 3D character based on a photo.
At the trial, prosecutor David Toll said: “The defendant said, “Breaking, suffocation, strangulation, drowning, beheading, morgue, bestiality, the list goes on and on” with a laughing emoji. “He said he felt like a vile person and that his mind was corrupt,” and “He believed his criminal behavior was spiraling out of control.”
Police searched Nelson’s home and found that he had exchanged messages with three people encouraging the rape of children under the age of 13. Nelson has also been convicted of encouraging others to commit rape, and police have also succeeded in identifying suspects and victims in multiple countries, including Italy, France, and the United States.
Janet Smith, a specialist prosecutor at the Child Protection Agency, said: “Hugh Nelson took ordinary photographs of children, altered them using AI tools and computer programs to create the most malicious images, and then posted them online. “It’s very worrying that technology is evolving rapidly and, unfortunately, the risks to children are also increasing. “We hope this sends a clear message to those who harm children. You will be vigorously pursued by law enforcement, prosecuted by Child Protective Services, and brought to justice.”
AI-generated images of sexual abuse pose new challenges to policing, with other forces asking Greater Manchester Police to help with new investigations. Detective Inspector Jen Tattersall, from Greater Manchester Police’s sex offender management unit, said: ‘This case is very different from others because it challenges the idea of what constitutes indecent images of children. “The craze for computer-generated images is becoming increasingly widespread, not only in Greater Manchester Police but also in other forces, so at some point computer-generated images will go from being the exception to being the norm.”
Tattersall said the case was the “first real test” of the law around digitally altered indecent images and Greater Manchester Police were working with experts from the Child Protection Agency and the National Crime Agency to prosecute. the police lieutenant says.
While there are benefits that AI can bring to law enforcement, Lt. Tattersall also noted that increasingly sophisticated technology could pose a major threat to law enforcement. It warned that there was a risk that AI technology would evolve faster than existing laws.
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