A former Twin Cities area school employee is accused of using artificial intelligence to create sexually explicit images of children under his care.

The content investigated in Operation Cumberland was “fully artificial” with “no real victim depicted,” but AI-generated child sexual abuse material “still contributes to the objectification and sexualization of children,

Europol has conducted a sting operation against a group whose members engage in the distribution of images of minors fully generated by artificial intelligence.

A major operation led by Europol has resulted in the arrest of two dozen individuals involved in distributing AI-generated child abuse material. The primary suspect, a Danish national, ran a platform where users paid to access this illegal content.