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

Ars Technica: AI (tier 1, news) 2026-10-16T20:20:07.000Z Original ↗

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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

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Llama 3.3 70BMetaanalysis -50 80%4014ms v1.0.0 / m1.0.1 2026-10-16 21:17
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AI-generated CSAM is a concerning implication for humanity.

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CONFIDENCE 80%