First man convicted under Take It Down Act kept making AI nudes after arrest

# First Conviction Under New AI Deepfake Law Shows the Real Damage These Tools Can Cause An Ohio man has become the first person convicted under a law specifically targeting AI-generated sexual images, after he admitted to using AI tools to create fake explicit pictures of at least 10 women and children he knew—including fabricated images showing victims in incestuous situations—and sharing them to humiliate and harass them. The case reveals how accessible these AI tools have become: police found he had installed over 24 different AI platforms and 100 AI models on his phone to generate hundreds or thousands of these fake images. His conviction demonstrates that creating and spreading non-consensual sexual deepfakes is now a serious federal crime with real consequences.