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By JAKE OFFENHARTZ<\/strong><\/p>\n

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Federal prosecutors have charged two men with using artificial intelligence to create nude videos and photos of female celebrities under a newly enacted law meant to halt the spread of deepfake pornography.<\/p>\n

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Cornelius Shannon, 51, and Arturo Hernandez, 20, were both arrested Tuesday for generating sexually explicit AI content that drew millions of views online, according to criminal complaints.<\/p>\n

The men \u2014 who do not appear to be connected \u2014 are among the earliest defendants to face charges under the Take It Down Act, a law signed last year by President Donald Trump that adds stricter penalties for publishing AI-created deepfakes and \u201crevenge porn.\u201d The bill drew bipartisan support, as well as the public backing of first lady Melania Trump. <\/p>\n

Under the new law, the men now face up to two years in prison.<\/p>\n

Attorneys for Shannon and Hernandez did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Joseph Nocella, the U.S. attorney in Brooklyn, said the men had \u201dused cutting-edge digital technology to create images that degraded and violated\u201d dozens of women. \u201cThis case makes clear that posting deepfake pornography is not a victimless crime,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Shannon, a resident of New Jersey, published at least 240 albums of AI-generated pornography featuring female politicians, musicians and singers, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n

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The deepfakes published by Hernandez, of Texas, included both celebrities as well as private women, including recent high school graduates, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n

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The arrests come as increasingly sophisticated generative AI tools have raised alarm about the online spread of sexually explicit fakes, often depicting minors.<\/p>\n

Last month, an Ohio man became the first person convicted under the Take It Down Act after pleading guilty to using AI to generate child sexual abuse material.<\/p>\n

In March, two teenage boys received probation for creating explicit AI images of their classmates at an exclusive private school in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

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And in a separate case filed earlier this year, three teenagers in Tennessee sued Elon Musk\u2019s xAI, claiming the company\u2019s Grok tools morphed their real photos into explicitly sexual images.<\/p>\n

The high school students are seeking class-action status to represent what the lawsuit says are thousands of people who were similarly victimized as minors.<\/p>\n

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