Although artificial intelligence continues to reach very serious levels and surprise us all, it is unfortunately also used for evil purposes. One of them is Creating inappropriate content and images Use for. Unfortunately, this kind of content can trickle down to children.

A new incident in the US is the latest example of this. A software engineer in Wisconsin, via artificial intelligence producing and distributing thousands of indecent images of children He was arrested on charges.

13,000 images of children created with artificial intelligence were found on his computer!

Name of the person in question Steven Anderegg. According to court documents, Anderegg, 42, is knowledgeable in technology and has been a software engineer for many years. This man He sent naked children’s photos made with artificial intelligence to a 15-year-old boy via Instagram. It has been said. After these messages, which he allegedly sent in October 2023, he came on the radar of law enforcement agencies.

According to information obtained from Instagram, Anderegg also features children created with artificial intelligence and leather wearing BDSM-themed clothing on the platform. He also shared it in his story. You can even contact other people via Telegram and share these images. that they can achieve more he said. According to one user, Anderegg told him he had “a lot” of such images.

After all this, the police carried out an operation against Anderegg. As a result of the operation, your computer About 13,000 images of naked or semi-naked children created with artificial intelligence. reaches. This showed how serious the situation was.

Images taken with stable diffusion

Additionally, authorities claim Anderegg used Stability AI, a globally popular text-to-visual tool, to produce the images in question. From stable diffusion benefited. It is said to use extremely specific and clear commands to create images. It also adds that he uses negative guidance and uses third-party Stable Diffusion plugins, described as “specialized in sexuality”, to avoid producing adult images.

In other words, he was able to do these things because of his advanced knowledge of technology. His CV already shows that he has excellent technical knowledge of artificial intelligence models. Othergg, if found guilty He faces a prison sentence of up to 70 years will stay. However, the proposed fine can last a lifetime It has been said.

This incident is the latest example of artificial intelligence misuse. Also very worrying is that Stable Diffusion, the model used worldwide by Stability AI, which claims to take many safety precautions, plays the leading role. Unfortunately, if the necessary precautions are not taken, we could see more of this kind of thing.