A Tasmanian man has been jailed for at least 10 months after police found hundreds of files depicting child abuse – including content generated usin

Tasmanian man jailed after AI-generated child abuse material found on computer

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2024-03-30 06:30:04

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

The 48-year-old Gravelly Beach man was jailed for two years, with a non-parole period of 10 months, in the supreme court in Tasmania on Tuesday.

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

A significant amount of it was generated using artificial intelligence, marking the first time police had located and seized AI-generated child abuse material in Tasmania, the Australian federal police (AFP) said on Saturday.

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

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