A instructor at a Christian college in Florida has been arrested for allegedly taking yearbook photographs and utilizing synthetic intelligence to create erotic materials and sexually express content material with kids.
Steven Houser, 67, of New Port Richey, will face a cost of possession of kid pornography, based on a press release launched Tuesday by the Pasco County Sheriff's Workplace.
Deputies started investigating after an unspecified tip they acquired about Houser. An investigation revealed that Houser, who labored as a third-grade science instructor at Beacon Christian Academy in New Port Richey, allegedly possessed two images and three movies of kid pornography.
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Authorities have confirmed that the pictures don’t embrace college students on the college.
Houser was additionally discovered to be in possession of kid pornography created utilizing an AI pc program. Houser allegedly admitted to investigators that he acquired the three college students' yearbooks to make use of for AI-powered content material improvement.
Court docket information present Houser was charged with 5 counts of possession of kid pornography. He was being held on the Land O' Lakes Jail on $100,000 bail on every depend. If convicted of a third-degree felony, Houser faces as much as 10 years in jail and/or a high-quality of as much as $5,000.
The sheriff's workplace confirmed there have been no stories of different victims. Pasco County authorities are asking those that assume they might know of extra victims to contact their tip line at 1-800-706-2488 or go to pascosheriff.com/ideas.
Throughout the nation, AI know-how has change into extra well-liked, and in some instances these instruments have led to dangerous outcomes.
In one other case, an arrest warrant was issued in February 2024 for a instructor at St. Stephen Martyr Catholic Faculty in Louisville, Kentucky, who allegedly Photoshopped college yearbook photographs into nude photographs of youngsters and distributed them to different folks.
The U.S. Lawyer's Workplace for the Western District of Kentucky introduced in early February that Jordan Fautz, 39, faces prices of distribution of kid pornography and distribution of obscene visible representations of kid sexual abuse.
If convicted, Fautz might spend 5 to 40 years in jail and be fined $250,000 and at the least 5 years of supervised launch.
Nicole VanDyke is a reporter for The Christian Submit.
