Police officer arrested over AI-generated sexual deepfakes
A police officer has been arrested last month for allegedly generating sexually exploitative deepfakes of people he knew with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and sharing them on Telegram, police said Sunday. According to police, the officer, assigned to Dongdaemun Police Station in Seoul, was arrested Sept. 16 on charges including possessing sexual abuse material and sexually explicit…
A police officer in Seoul has been arrested for allegedly creating and distributing sexually explicit deepfake content using artificial intelligence, according to The Korea Times. The officer, who works at Dongdaemun Police Station, was apprehended on September 16 on charges related to possessing sexual abuse material, explicit deepfakes, and creating and distributing such content.
Investigators discovered over 5,600 images and videos, including 2,600 deepfakes, 1,600 pieces of child and adolescent sexual abuse material, and 1,300 illegally filmed videos. The case emerged during a Busan Metropolitan Police Agency investigation into a Telegram chat room where sexually explicit deepfakes were allegedly being shared.
Police obtained a court order to carry out an undercover investigation of the chat room, with an investigator posing as a member to monitor the group.
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