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Houston Gun Store Co-Owner Allegedly Used AI to Create Sexually Explicit Deepfake Images of a Social Media Influencer

August 26, 2025

A Houston gun-store co-owner, Jorge Abrego, was arrested for allegedly using generative AI to create sexually explicit deepfake images of a TikTok influencer without her consent. The incident highlights the need for safe and secure AI practices. For those interested in shaping these practices and contributing to harm prevention through responsible AI governance, JOIN US.
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Alleged deployer
jorge-abrego
Alleged developer
unknown-deepfake-technology-developers, unknown-image-generator-developers
Alleged harmed parties
unnamed-tiktok-influencer, epistemic-integrity

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1372

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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