Gravelly Beach, Tasmania: Man, 48, jailed after police found hundreds of files including AI-generated child abuse material on his computer

A Tasmanian man has been jailed for at least 10 months after police found hundreds of child abuse files on his computer, including content generated using artificial intelligence.

The 48-year-old Gravelly Beach man was sentenced in the Tasmanian Supreme Court on Tuesday to two years in prison with a non-parole period of 10 months.

Police raided his home in the Tamar Valley region of the state in May and found hundreds of files containing child abuse images on his computer.

A significant portion of it was generated using artificial intelligence, marking the first time police had detected and seized AI-generated child abuse material in Tasmania, the Australian Federal Police says.

The 48-year-old Gravelly Beach man was sentenced in the Tasmanian Supreme Court on Tuesday to two years in prison with a non-parole period of 10 months (pictured)

The raids came after multiple reports of an Australian downloading child abuse material from a website and social media platform run by the US National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

The man pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography obtained through a carriage service and using a carriage service to access child pornography in October.

“It doesn’t matter whether the abuse depicted is AI-generated or involves real exploited children, it remains abhorrent and abhorrent and police will continue to target those who share it,” AFP Detective Inspector Aaron Hardcastle said in a statement on Saturday. a statement.

‘People may not be aware that online simulations, fantasy, text-based stories, animations and cartoons, including artificial intelligence-generated content depicting child sexual abuse, are all still considered child abuse material under UK law. Commonwealth,” he said.

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