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Cops lure pedophiles with AI pics of teen girl. Ethical triumph or new disaster? (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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New Mexico sued Snapchat after using AI to reveal child safety risks.

Case file: https://nmdoj.gov/wp-content/uploads/Complaint-for-Abatement-and-Civil-Penalties-and-Demand-for-Jury-Trial.pdf

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't this imply the cops generated and distributed images depicting minors? Pretty sure that's against the law.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Cops are allowed to break the law while pursuing a case in the US (not sure if that's true elsewhere). That said, there may be restrictions on context, content and actions they can or can't take. However, I bet you could make a pretty decent argument that they were using it legitimately in this context.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I see this as using a problem generator to solve another problem stemming from a crippling inability to aim at the source of fire which is a severe lack of accessible mental health resources