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In what some are identify as a landmark compositor’s case , a U.K. man who used AI to turn normal pictures of children into sexual contumely imagination has been sentenced to 18 years in poky .
Hugh Nelson , a 27 - year - old from Bolton , used the app Daz three-D to make 3-D “ characters ” from innocent photographs of kids . In some cases , people had commission the image , The Guardianreports , supply photos of children with whom they had contact in real life history .
Nelson sell the commission kid sexual abuse images on online forums , making about £ 5,000 ( ~$6,494 ) over 18 calendar month . He was caught after telling an undercover fuzz he charge £ 80 ( ~$103 ) to create a raw character using cater pictures .
Nelson was later observe hangdog of encouraging the violation of a child under 13 , seek to incite a son under 16 to enlist in a intimate number , distributing and puddle indecent range of a function , and possessing prohibited images .
