Cops Used AI Generated Photos of a Child to Lure Out a Suspected Predator
2026-10-16 · 404 Media
Police created AI-generated photos of a fake 15-year-old boy to catfish a suspected predator, who turned out to be a high school maintenance worker. Nothing says 'ethical law enforcement' quite like cops using the same AI child image generation technology everyone else gets arrested for. The suspect took the bait, proving that AI-generated children are now officially a law enforcement tool — what could possibly go wrong with that precedent.