18 years for AI PIM creation
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2024 6:05 am
Excuse the Daily Mail article:
It's not the kind of content I'd be interested in, and with images of actual children being used it can't be said to be purely harmless. But the harms incurred are primarily of a reputational nature. This man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for images when no evidence has been found that any children had actually been sexually abused. He has been sentenced to 18 years in prison primarily for depravity.A budding filmmaker who used AI to make indecent images of children was jailed for 18 years today – as footage emerged of him admitting to having a 'warped' mind.
Hugh Nelson said he was providing a 'valuable service' by taking 'commissions' from relatives and family friends of youngsters - charging them £80 to turn a real image of a child into a 3D 'character' being physically and sexually abused.
Operating from his family home near Bolton, Nelson used AI technology to manipulate innocent photographs of real children as young as four into scenes of nudity, rape and torture - making around £5,000 but giving out others for free.
He also discussed carrying out depraved child sexual abuse, although no evidence has been found that any children had actually been sexually abused.