{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-23T19:39:42.370Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"texas","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"2026","response":"minors","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":1,"coreRelations":1,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2026-texas-alleged-ai-child-image-abuse","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'In April 2026, as part of a months-long AI-generated child pornography investigation, FBI Del Rio received consent to search and seize electronic devices at'; 'FBI Agents identified more than 900 images and videos containing AI-generated pornographic images created by'; 'depicting both prepubescent and pubescent children. Multiple non-AI-generated pornographic images of children were also identified in the seized digital evidence.'; 'was arrested and then booked into the Dimmit Co. Jail on May 19, 2026, for possession of computer-generated child pornography'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'the FBI Del Rio Office executed a search warrant at'; 'FBI investigators said they found more than 900 images and videos containing AI-generated pornographic images allegedly created by'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'was arrested on May 19, 2026, and booked into the [identifying detail withheld] Jail'; 'seized electronic devices that allegedly contained more than 900 AI-generated child sexual abuse images and videos that depicted both prepubescent and pubescent children.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Texas DPS announced an arrest in May 2026 on a charge of possession of computer-generated child pornography. Investigators reported more than 900 AI-generated sexual images and videos involving children, alongside non-AI material.","causal_attribution":"Law-enforcement statements in the DPS release, relayed by two TV stations from the same release; charges only, no court findings. ABC13 describes a search warrant where the release describes consent to search."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'had taken photos from open-source pages affiliated with [identifying detail withheld] and manipulated them through AI tools to \"nudify\" the children. To date, approximately 30 child victims have been identified as part of this investigation.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'allegedly downloaded photographs from publicly accessible social media and other online pages affiliated with [identifying detail withheld] and used artificial intelligence software to create nude images of children.'; 'Authorities said approximately 30 child victims have been identified so far.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'allegedly took photos from websites associated with nearby schools and manipulated them through AI tools. DPS said they identified about 30 child victims.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"DPS alleges that the accused took publicly posted photographs of children and used AI to sexualise them. Approximately 30 affected children had been identified.","causal_attribution":"DPS attribution of the method and victim identification; the AI tools are not named and the allegation has not been tested in court."}],"effects":[{"label":"photos of about 30 children from South Texas school pages were allegedly altered with AI into nude and sexual images; the accused was charged","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.dps.texas.gov/news/dps-arrests-man-possession-hundreds-ai-generated-images-involving-south-texas-children","kind":"official_police_release","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Texas Department of Public Safety news release HQ 2026-054, 29 May 2026. The live URL timed out from this host on 2026-09-28 (no HTTP response); read in full from the Internet Archive capture of 6 June 2026 (web.archive.org/web/20260606045708id_/...). Law-enforcement allegations; no court findings.","independence_group":"texas-dps-release"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://abc13.com/post/south-texas-man-accused-altering-images-real-children-create-ai-porn-dps-says/19207645/","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"ABC13 Houston (KTRK), 31 May 2026, read live on 2026-09-28 (HTTP 200). Relays the DPS release (\"according to DPS\"); says the FBI executed a search warrant, where the release says agents received consent to search.","independence_group":"texas-dps-release"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.fox7austin.com/news/texas-man-arrested-ai-generated-child-pornography-school-photos","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"FOX 7 Austin, 2 June 2026, read live on 2026-09-28 (HTTP 200). States that its information was provided by the Texas DPS; adds that the investigation remains ongoing.","independence_group":"texas-dps-release"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.kens5.com/article/news/crime/carrizo-springs-texas-ai-generated-child-porn-dimmitt-county/273-3fa912e4-2622-49f3-86d1-c811c10796c5","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"unavailable","language":null,"translation_note":"KENS5 San Antonio, 29 May 2026 (a historical source of the row). HTTP 403 live on 2026-09-28; the only Internet Archive capture (31 May 2026) also recorded a 403. Not read.","independence_group":"texas-dps-release"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["Which AI tools or services were used; DPS refers only to AI tools used to \"nudify\" the children.","Whether any of the altered images were shared beyond the seized devices; none of the inspected sources says so.","Which schools' pages the photos came from, and whether the approximately 30 identified children or their families have been notified; DPS says the FBI is coordinating victim services.","The later course of the prosecution (indictment, plea or trial); no report after 2 June 2026 was found on 2026-09-28.","Whether the charge is a first-degree felony as DPS states for this arrest, or a state jail felony as the same release describes the new SB 20 offence."],"geography":{"basis":"DPS places the search and the accused's residence in [identifying detail withheld], Texas, and the booking at the [identifying detail withheld] Jail; the photos came from pages affiliated with [identifying detail withheld], so the depicted children are described as South Texas schoolchildren. The state charges are pursued in Texas.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Restored under the 2026-09-15 charter as a depicted-minor case with a criminal charge announced by Texas DPS and relayed by two TV stations from the same release; the allegations are recorded as reported. The original ID and first-publication timestamp are preserved; the accused and the children are not named in the public text.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-28"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The DPS release says the images and videos were AI-generated and that the accused used AI tools to 'nudify' photos of children; these are law-enforcement statements relayed by two TV stations, not court findings, and the tools are not named.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Texas authorities allege AI sexual-image abuse involving about 30 identified children","summary":"Texas authorities arrested a man over allegations that he used AI to create sexual images from photographs of children. Investigators reported about 30 identified children and were coordinating support. The allegations remained charges at review.","incidentDate":"2026-04-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-05-29","aiSystem":"AI image-manipulation ('nudify') tools, unidentified","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Texas DPS says photos of about 30 identified children, taken from pages affiliated with [identifying detail withheld], were altered with AI tools into nude and sexual images, among more than 900 AI-generated abuse images and videos found on the accused's devices (DPS release, relayed by ABC13 and FOX 7). These are law-enforcement allegations awaiting trial; no effect on the children beyond the depiction is reported.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"DPS says 'approximately 30 child victims have been identified'. An approximate figure is not a lower bound, so no minimum is recorded; images are not counted as people.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"US-TX","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.dps.texas.gov/news/dps-arrests-man-possession-hundreds-ai-generated-images-involving-south-texas-children","primarySourceLabel":"Texas Department of Public Safety — report on the case","firstPublishedAt":"2026-06-03T07:36:20.964565+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T11:09:52.801559+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["csam","deepfake","minor","school-photos","criminal-charges","texas","sb-20","depicted-or-impersonated","restored"]}]}