AI-generated child pornography is circulating. This California prosecutor wants to make it illegal.

After several reports of artificial intelligence-generated child pornography surfaced in California, Ventura County Dist. Erik Nasarenko advocated for a change to state law to protect children who are increasingly vulnerable to this misuse of technology. Last December, Nasarenko received his first tip regarding a person who had artificially created photos depicting an underaged girl performing sex acts with an adult man. "When it came to my attention, I said let's file [charges]," Nasarenko told The Times. But, because of current loopholes in California law, he learned that he couldn't press charges in cases where the photos of children are AI-generated.