Roman Shoffner, 30, used a man-made intelligence program on his cellphone to alter an image of a 17-year-old woman by eradicating her clothes.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas — A Houston-area man is accused of using synthetic intelligence to create child pornography, in accordance to the Montgomery County Precinct 3 Constable’s Office.
Roman Shoffner, 30, is charged with possession of child pornography, Precinct 3 stated. He was arrested on June 28 by their Human Trafficking Unit and was booked into the Montgomery County Jail.
Investigators stated the unit started their investigation on Could 15 and located that Shoffner used a man-made intelligence program on his cellphone to alter an image of a 17-year-old woman by eradicating her clothes.
After the image was altered, the picture then depicted the teenager’s face however her physique was utterly nude from the neck down, Pct. 3 stated. Shoffner’s telephone was seized and forensically analyzed.
In the course of the investigation, Pct. 3 detectives obtained sufficient possible trigger to imagine Shoffner created the image of the teenager with the intention of possessing child pornography. Investigators stated an arrest warrant was then filed for Shoffner.
Deputies positioned and arrested him afterward.
In 2023, Texas House Bill 2700 was amended to fight using deepfake know-how and synthetic intelligence, permitting people to create sexually express visible materials of one other individual.
The modification clarifies that the conduct constitutes sure felony offenses involving sexually express visible materials of a child youthful than 18 years of age.