“thegentlemanpervert” producing AI CSAM is a NJ prosecutor, say cops

[Topic] “thegentlemanpervert” producing AI CSAM is a NJ prosecutor, say cops
[Type] Internet Industry News
[Key points]
1. Discord user flagged AI CSAM, triggering arrest of New Jersey deputy AG.
[Industries] Internet
[Source] Ars Technica (auto-collected by AiEmy Cloud / AiEmy Cloud StAck)

New Jersey’s deputy attorney general, Brian Richard Fitzgerald, was arrested on “felony charges related to AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM),” Bucks County Detectives said in a press release Thursday.

In the US, cops have vowed to crack down on AI CSAM since at least 2024, when the Department of Justice made one of the earliest arrests. After charging a Wisconsin man with spreading “thousands of realistic images of prepubescent minors” across Telegram and Instagram, the DOJ clarified to law enforcement that “CSAM generated by AI is still CSAM.”

New Jersey’s deputy attorney general, Brian Richard Fitzgerald, was arrested at his home Thursday. Credit: via Bucks County Detectives

On Thursday, New Jersey officials accused 51-year-old Fitzgerald of using AI to make photos from social media of real minors into sexualized images that he then distributed on social media.

Read full article

Comments