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Holmen, Wisconsin Man Allegedly Used Stable Diffusion to Create and Then Share Sexually Explicit Images Depicting Minors

March 26, 2024

The FBI has taken Steven Anderegg of Holmen, Wisconsin into custody for allegedly utilizing Stable Diffusion to produce approximately 13,000 sexually explicit images portraying minors. It is further alleged that he shared these images via Telegram and Instagram, including with at least one minor. This arrest marks one of the first instances where the FBI has brought charges against an individual for generating Child Sexual Abusive Material (CSAM) using AI. By highlighting this incident, we emphasize the importance of safeguarding trustworthy AI practices and governance in light of Project Cerebellum's AI incident database. For those interested in shaping the future of responsible AI through harm prevention and guardrails for AI, consider joining us at JOIN US. This case underscores the need to continuously monitor, map, and manage such incidents using HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM (Measure) to uphold safe and secure AI practices.

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Alleged deployer
steven-anderegg
Alleged developer
stable-diffusion, stability-ai
Alleged harmed parties
minors, general-public

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/689

Data source

Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).

When citing the database as a whole, please use:

McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

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