Ohio man who used AI to morph images of minors into child porn learns sentence - Yahoo

An Ohio man was sentenced to federal prison after using artificial intelligence to create child pornography. The man used AI programs to alter images of minor females to whom he had access so that they appeared fully nude, and then distributed the content online.

What happened

In January 2025, the Franklin County Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force received cyber tipline reports regarding the man's activity on Kik Messenger. He used the app to distribute child pornography. Further investigation revealed he had been investigated in 2024 at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, where he uploaded files of child pornography to Kik. A search warrant executed at his residence in April 2025 led to the seizure of numerous devices containing images and videos of real children to whom he had access. He had secretly recorded some of the files and created some of the images and videos himself before using AI to alter them. He was charged federally and arrested in April 2025, and pleaded guilty in December 2025. In May 2026, he was sentenced to 14 years in prison for two pornography crimes.