Japanese man arrested after using deepfake technology to uncensor & resell porn videos in first AI case — RT World News
On Monday, a Japanese man was charged with violating copyright laws and selling pornography images. He removed the mandatory censorship by artificial intelligence.
43-year-old Masayuki Nakamoto reportedly made roughly 11 million yen, or nearly $100,000, by using an AI technique similar to ‘deepfakes’ which replaced the blurred genitals of pornographic stars with clear versions.
NHK in Japan reported that Nakamoto had admitted to selling more than 10,000 doctored videos. Additionally, he published 10 explicit images on his site showing off his tech. Nakamoto, who created pornography online without permission was charged with copyright violation and dissemination of obscenities.
Distribution of pornography or other illegal materials “obscene objects”It is illegal to do so in Japan. Pornographic companies use blur effects to blur the genitals and sex of actresses and actors in order to circumvent Japanese laws.
A cybercrime lawyer told Vice News that Nakamoto’s arrest was the “first case in Japan where police have caught an AI user,”Added that there are no laws specific to this. “criminalizing the use of AI to make such images.”
For years, AI-savvy internet users have used deepfake techniques to impose different faces on pornographic actresses’ bodies – resulting in thousands of doctored videos which purportedly show A-list celebrities in sexual scenes.
Three Japanese men were detained in Tokyo last year for defamation following the sale of 215 videos featuring explicit celebrity faces.
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