AI Incident Database: Holmen, Wisconsin Man Allegedly Used Stable Diffusion to Create and Then Share Sexually Explicit Images Depicting Minors
The FBI has arrested Steven Anderegg of Holmen, Wisconsin for having allegedly used Stable Diffusion to generate about 13,000 sexually explicit images of minors, which he then is also alleged to have shared and distributed, including with at least one minor, via Telegram and Instagram. Anderegg was originally apprehended by state police in March, and this case marks one of the first times the FBI has brought charges against someone for having used AI to generate CSAM.
AI Incident Database · Incident 689Operator lens (low): inspect D1 (input boundary), D2 (output validation), D6 (autonomy oversight).
Event summary
The FBI has arrested Steven Anderegg of Holmen, Wisconsin for having allegedly used Stable Diffusion to generate about 13,000 sexually explicit images of minors, which he then is also alleged to have shared and distributed, including with at least one minor, via Telegram and Instagram. Anderegg was originally apprehended by state police in March, and this case marks one of the first times the FBI has brought charges against someone for having used AI to generate CSAM.
Linked entities
- stable-diffusion
organisation | 70%
- stability-ai
organisation | 70%
- steven-anderegg
organisation | 70%
- minors
organisation | 70%
- general-public
organisation | 70%
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| ent-aiid-stability-ai to ent-psf-d2 | maps to | 60% |
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| ent-aiid-stability-ai to ent-psf-d2 | maps to | 60% |
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| ent-aiid-stability-ai to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |
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| ent-aiid-stability-ai to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |