US man sentenced to 30 years for AI-generated child abuse images

A 30-year-old Tennessee man, Patrick D. Swanson, used AI to put children's faces on sexualized images and traded the material with a Canadian for real child abuse content. He was sentenced to 30 years with no parole, highlighting a disturbing new use of AI in child exploitation.

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