Incident·WS-0020·May 15, 2024·disclosed May 20, 2024 (5 days later)·in the wild·Child safety
Man charged for thousands of AI-generated abuse images
44/100
WS-3 SeriousHarm score 60, signal score 24. Autonomy: tool (a person misused it). How the scores work.
Harm 3/5
damage actually done
Reach 2/5
who was affected
Autonomy 0/4
how much the AI did on its own
Novelty 3/5
how new the behavior was
Permanence 4/5
how hard it is to undo
A federal grand jury indicted a Wisconsin man for allegedly using Stable Diffusion to create thousands of realistic sexual images of prepubescent minors and sending obscene material to a minor. DOJ framed it as a signal that AI-generated CSAM will be prosecuted like any other CSAM.
Damage
thousands of AI-generated abuse images (alleged); obscene material allegedly sent to a minor under 16
Sources
US DOJ. Addition (AI-CSAM arrests). Allegations at time of release; four federal counts.
Factor ratings and the score are this index’s judgments by a published formula; facts, dates and figures come from the linked sources. Where a lawsuit is pending, the summary reports allegations, not findings.
