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Teacher Sentenced for AI-Generated Abuse | Texas News
A former Austin elementary school teacher convicted of possessing over 360,000 child sexual abuse images — including thousands involving kids under 12 — has been sentenced to 16 years. Once an ASL instructor at Baranoff Elementary and substitute at 20 other schools, he allegedly used AI to generate explicit images of students, turning his trusted position into a tool for horrific abuse. Prosecutors stressed that pedophilia is a crime, not a preference, and the sentence aims to deliver justice while warning others: no child is safe from exploitation — not even in the classroom. Listen in…
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