Reports: Four arrested over obscene AI images in Japan first

The four, aged in their 20s to 50s, allegedly made posters featuring indecent images of women and sold them on Internet auction sites, public broadcaster NHK and other outlets said, citing police sources. — Photo by niu niu on Unsplash

TOKYO: Japanese police have arrested four people for selling obscene images created using generative AI in the first crackdown of its kind, local media reports said on April 15.

The four, aged in their 20s to 50s, allegedly made posters featuring indecent images of women and sold them on Internet auction sites, public broadcaster NHK and other outlets said, citing police sources.