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First Conviction Under AI Harassment Law | Columbus News
A 38-year-old man, James Strahler, just received a 15-year federal sentence — making him the first person convicted under the new Take It Down Act — after using AI to generate and distribute over 700 sexually explicit images and videos of real women and children in central Ohio, including deepfakes that depicted victims with their own family members. His crimes spanned from late 2024 to early 2025, leveraging multiple AI tools to create disturbing content, some based on real photos, others entirely fabricated. Prosecutors revealed he also targeted young boys by morphing their faces into…
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