According to Wednesday’s report, a Canadian man was sent to prison for creating artificial intelligence-generated synthetic child pornography videos.
Steven Larouche, 61, has admitted to creating a minimum of seven videos using “deepfake technology,” which uses algorithms to swap faces to create the illusion of somebody saying or doing something they didn’t say or do.
Larouche also pleaded guilty to possessing a whole bunch of hundreds of child pornography computer files, for which he was sentenced to a further 4 years and a 12 months, Canada Post reported.
Provincial court judge Benoit Gagnon sentenced Larouche to eight years in prison, with credit for time served.
Larouche’s lawyers argued less because no children were attacked while he was filming. Gagnon disagreed with their argument, claiming that the kids whose likenesses appeared within the film had their sexual integrity violated.
In a ruling issued earlier this month, a judge said Larouche’s synthetic images made it difficult for police to stop the spread of this horrific material.
Gagnon believes that is the primary case in Canada involving child sexual abuse deepfakes.
The rapid development of artificial intelligence has raised the alarm lately in regards to the ease with which users can create pornographic deep fakes.
Earlier this month, California introduced laws that may criminalize the usage of artificial intelligence to create pornography using an individual’s likeness without consent.
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Laws introduced by Republican lawmaker Tri Ta of Westminster, California, goals to high-quality people up to $1,000 or a 12 months in prison in the event that they distribute “deepfake” porn depicting an individual without their consent.