Florida man accused of taking girls picture, using A.I. to create child pornography NBC 6 South Florida [Video]

A Florida man is facing charges after authorities said he took a photo of a young girl in his neighborhood then used artificial intelligence to create child pornography with it.

Officials with the Martin County Sheriff’s Office officials said the case if the first they’ve handled of its type.

The suspect, 51-year-old Daniel Warren, is facing 17 child pornography charges.

Authorities said Warren used a picture of an underage girl he knew then figured out how to use A.I. to alter it.

“It’s pretty scary when you look at this stuff, if you just looked at it briefly, you would think it’s a real photograph. The technology has gotten to the level, it’s very scary,” Det. Brian Broughton said. “What he does is he takes the face of a child and then he sexualizes that, removes the clothing and poses the child and engages them in certain sexual activity. And …