AI-generated child pornography is circulating. This US prosecutor wants to make it illegal.

Security guards stand outside at Beverly Vista Middle School in Beverly Hills, California. Los Angeles middle and high schools have gone as far as to expel students for creating AI-generated sexually inappropriate images of their peers. — Los Angeles Times/TNS

SACRAMENTO: After several reports of artificial intelligence-generated child pornography surfaced in California, Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko advocated for a change to state law to protect children who are increasingly vulnerable to this misuse of technology.

Last December, Nasarenko received his first tip regarding a person who had artificially created photos depicting an underaged girl performing sex acts with an adult man.