Japanese police have arrested four men for selling AI-generated explicit images online.
The suspects, aged between 20 and 50, allegedly used freely available AI software to create the images.
They trained the software by feeding it numerous photographs, enabling it to generate new images of non-existent individuals.
The explicit posters were then sold on online auction sites under the label “AI-Beauty” for thousands of yen each.
One suspect, 44-year-old Tomohiro Mizutani, reportedly earned around 10 million yen from the sales over a year.
He claimed he started selling the posters after hearing they were highly profitable.
Another suspect, 53-year-old Takashi Suganuma, admitted to wanting to start a business selling explicit posters and taught himself how to use AI to create the images.
All four suspects have confessed to the allegations.
The arrests come amid growing concerns about deepfake technology being used to create realistic explicit content.
This is Japan’s first case involving the sale of AI-generated explicit images.
The source of this information is NHK.
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