Cornelius “Neil” Shannon was accused of publishing about 360 AI-generated albums viewed more than 2 million times, featuring roughly 90 women, mainly political figures, actresses, and musicians. Investigators alleged it was easy to link him to a porn site account because he used his own photo as the profile picture. Police cross-referenced Department of Motor Vehicle records and surveillance photos, alleging the person shown posing in a Mets baseball shirt matched Shannon. Both Shannon and another suspect faced up to two years in prison if prosecutors proved violations of TIDA. Federal officials said the conduct used cutting-edge digital technology to create images that degraded and violated victims, and they warned that similar cases would continue being pursued. The technology remains available and inexpensive, enabling continued harm.
"Shannon is accused of publishing approximately 360 AI-generated albums that have been viewed more than 2 million times, featuring approximately 90 women, primarily political figures, actresses, and musicians."
"Powell's affidavit suggested it was trivially easy to link Shannon to the porn site account because Shannon apparently used his own photo as the profile pic. Cross-referencing Department of Motor Vehicle records and surveillance photos, cops alleged that a man seen posing in a Mets baseball shirt on the account's profile appeared to be Shannon."
"Officials appear motivated to track images posted online and enforce the law. In a press release announcing the recent arrests, Joseph Nocella, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, accused the suspects of using "cutting-edge digital technology to create images that degraded and violated victims across the United States.""
""This predatory conduct represents a disturbing abuse of technology that inflicts emotional harm on victims, violating their privacy, dignity, and security," Barnacle said. "The use of this emerging technology to victimize individuals is not innovative-it is criminal and will be pursued with the full force of the law.""
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