CSAM in America > The Latest Perversion, AI Imaging, reaches court in Maricopa County

 

Maricopa County prosecutors charge 1st ever case involving child sex abuse materials from AI

KJZZ | By Matthew Casey

Rachel Mitchell

The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office says it has charged its first-ever case involving child sex-abuse materials generated by artificial intelligence.

Last year, Arizona enacted a law that reserves the same punishment for possessing certain AI-generated sexual images of children as real material.

Now 44-year-old William Powderly has been indicted for having child sex abuse images, including two with a real kid’s face swapped onto images of another young female by AI. Prosecutors say the charges against Powderly stem from an investigation by Chandler police, who were acting on a tip.

Online court records say Powderly has pleaded not guilty.