Charlotte Child Pornography Case Shows 'Unsettling' Reach of AI Imagery

Child psychiatrist David Tatum was sentenced to 40 years in prison for using generative artificial intelligence to create child sexual abuse material by digitally altering images of clothed minors. The case highlights the growing concern about AI technology being misused to produce illegal synthetic child pornography. Law enforcement views this as an indication of an unsettling expansion in how AI tools are being exploited for child exploitation.