wire / 2026-08-18-22b4
German kindergarten worker in Giessen investigated for AI-generated child sexual abuse material
A US organization tipped off the German police. The safeguards on the generator did not.
The facts
A 32-year-old former kindergarten worker in Gießen, Germany, is under investigation for using artificial intelligence to generate child pornography from photos of children. Authorities, alerted by a US organization, seized over 20 data carriers. The AI-generated content constitutes a serious violation of child protection laws.