A depraved paedophile who used AI to create computer generated indecent images of real children has been jailed today in a 'landmark' case.
Hugh Nelson, from Bolton, took 'commissions' from relatives and family friends of children as young as four, charging them £80 to turn a real, legitimate image of a child into a 3D modelling 'character' using AI face transfer.
This 'character' could then be posed and adapted however they wished. In a sentencing on Monday (October 28) at Bolton Crown Court, Nelson was jailed for 18 years, plus six years on licence, after previously pleading guilty to 11 offences. READ MORE: Life in the Greater Manchester town with a TWELVE year housing wait Appearing over video link from HMP Forest Bank, Nelson kept a blank face as his sentence was handed down.
Prosecuting in a previous appearance on Wednesday (October 25), David Toal said Nelson began speaking to a law enforcement officer called 'Chris' over a site called Matrix, where the defendant was using the handle 'SweetDemons'.
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