FBI: Texas man used AI to make deepfake porn of classmates

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Incident details

Incident ID: inc_2026_05_23_3e9085dc
Date source: llm_extracted_from_article_text
Country: United States
Platform: Social Media
Incident type: Non Consensual Synthetic Image
Verification level: reported_but_unverified

Harm types

Non Consensual Imagery Harassment Reputational Harm

Topics

Deepfake Synthetic Image

Summary

An East Texas man, Arturo Hernandez, was arrested on suspicion of using artificial intelligence to create deepfake pornography depicting more than 50 individuals. Over a period of about one year, Hernandez allegedly published 113 online albums containing AI-generated videos of public figures and private citizens engaging in sexually explicit actions, which were viewed close to a million times. Hernandez and another man were charged with violating the TAKE IT DOWN Act for the nonconsensual publication of AI-generated deepfake porn.

Sources

FBI: Texas man used AI to make deepfake porn of classmates

houstonchronicle.com · 2026-05-23 · Primary