Japan Arrests Man For Uncensoring NSFW Adult Footage Using Deepfake AI NSFW
Photo 222334588 © Mikhail Rudenko | Dreamstime.com
The ugly side of deepfake technology sees people unwittingly inserted into compromising positions. Shockingly yet unsurprisingly, there are far too many tools that convincingly “make” people say or do things they didn’t say or do, and apps that seemingly undress subjects.
The sad thing is that subjects sometimes struggle to argue that they are victims, seeing as how the doctored parts are “not them.” As a breath of fresh air, a recent news report from Japan presents a win for the good side, as a man has just been arrested for digitally altering pornography using artificial intelligence—marking the first time police have made an arrest on an AI user in the nation.
Masayuki Nakamoto, 43, sold over 10,000 deepfaked adult videos—with genitalia deblurred and replaced with clear versions—as well as posted 10 similarly manipulated photos on his website.
By doing these, he was committing two blatant crimes: he had infringed the copyright of the videos’ owners and was distributing pornography. The latter is illegal in Japan, so the adult entertainment industry would usually pixelate genitals in imagery to avoid getting in trouble with the law.
However, no charges were made for the violation of actors’ privacy.
VICE World News also learned from Daisuke Sueyoshi, a lawyer specialized in cybercrime cases, that this was the “first case in Japan where police have caught an AI user,” although editing images with AI currently isn’t against the law.
Cyber police discovered the work during their rounds, leading to Nakamoto’s arrest on Monday. At that point, he had already reportedly amassed ¥11 million (US$96,000) for selling the AI-assisted footage and raked in about US$200 for selling 10 photos.
[via RT and VICE, cover photo 222334588 © Mikhail Rudenko | Dreamstime.com]
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