An army soldier in Alaska has been charged with using artificial intelligence (AI) to create child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) based on children he knew, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Seth Herrera, 34, stationed in Anchorage, Alaska, has been indicted on charges of transporting, possessing, and receiving files depicting child sexual abuse according to court documents.
Herrera is also accused of using AI chatbots to create child sexual abuse materials depicting children that he knew and utilizing encrypted messaging applications to find and download such materials, according to federal prosecutors.
He is accused of possessing tens of thousands of visual depictions of CSAM, including children as young as infants, on numerous cellphones, per court documents.
Herrera was …