A British man who used AI to transform ordinary photos of children into images of sexual abuse has been sentenced to 18 years in prison in what some are calling a landmark case. Ta.
Hugh Nelson, 27, from Bolton, used the Daz 3D app to create 3D 'characters' from innocent photographs of children. In some cases, the images were commissioned by people who had provided photographs of the children they had come into contact with, the Guardian reported.
Nelson made around £5,000 (approximately $6,494) in 18 months by selling commissioned child sexual abuse images on online forums. He was arrested after telling an undercover officer that he had charged £80 (approximately $103) to create a new character using a photo provided.
Nelson was later charged with encouraging the rape of a child under 13, attempting to induce a boy under 16 to engage in sexual activity, distributing and producing indecent images and possessing prohibited images. convicted of a crime.