A school teacher from Mississippi, Wilson Jones, has been arrested and is facing multiple federal charges for allegedly using an AI program to create child pornography involving students from the Corinth school district. The videos reportedly featured eight former and current students aged between 14 and 16, engaging in inappropriate behavior such as kissing and exposing themselves. The FBI affidavit reveals that the students were unaware of the videos. Jones provided prompts to the AI system to generate the content, including commands for the students to kiss and undress. The school principal was alerted to the videos after suspicious activity on Jones’ school computer triggered a sexual alert in November. Jones admitted to creating the videos using AI but claimed they were not sexual. He resigned from his position the following day. The Corinth Police Department promptly informed the FBI, leading to a federal investigation. Jones has not been formally charged but is accused of producing and possessing child pornography. He has been released on bail but is under house arrest and monitoring. The Corinth School District has reported the matter to the Mississippi Department of Education Office of Educator Misconduct and declined further comment on the incident.
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