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Joseph L. Mello III

Incidents involved as Deployer

Incident 18263 Rapports
Rhode Island Youth Athletics Instructor Allegedly Used AI to Create Sexual Abuse Imagery of Children

2026-04-15

Federal prosecutors alleged that Joseph L. Mello III, a former gymnastics and dance instructor in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts, used photographs of children he knew to generate sexually abusive synthetic images and videos with AI tools including SwapX and Grok. Investigators said more than 50 girls were identified as subjects of the alleged imagery. Mello was federally charged, and the allegations have not been adjudicated.

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Synthetic media creators

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1826
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    Rhode Island Youth Athletics Instructor Allegedly Used AI to Create Sexual Abuse Imagery of Children

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Deepfake creators

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1826
    3 Report

    Rhode Island Youth Athletics Instructor Allegedly Used AI to Create Sexual Abuse Imagery of Children

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AI-generated CSAM creators

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1826
    3 Report

    Rhode Island Youth Athletics Instructor Allegedly Used AI to Create Sexual Abuse Imagery of Children

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xAI

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1826
    3 Report

    Rhode Island Youth Athletics Instructor Allegedly Used AI to Create Sexual Abuse Imagery of Children

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Synthetic video generation technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1826
    3 Report

    Rhode Island Youth Athletics Instructor Allegedly Used AI to Create Sexual Abuse Imagery of Children

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Synthetic media generation technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1826
    3 Report

    Rhode Island Youth Athletics Instructor Allegedly Used AI to Create Sexual Abuse Imagery of Children

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Synthetic image generation technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1826
    3 Report

    Rhode Island Youth Athletics Instructor Allegedly Used AI to Create Sexual Abuse Imagery of Children

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Deepfake technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1826
    3 Report

    Rhode Island Youth Athletics Instructor Allegedly Used AI to Create Sexual Abuse Imagery of Children

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AI face-swapping technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1826
    3 Report

    Rhode Island Youth Athletics Instructor Allegedly Used AI to Create Sexual Abuse Imagery of Children

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Women and girls

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  • Incident 1826
    3 Report

    Rhode Island Youth Athletics Instructor Allegedly Used AI to Create Sexual Abuse Imagery of Children

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Victims of child sexual abuse material

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 1826
    3 Report

    Rhode Island Youth Athletics Instructor Allegedly Used AI to Create Sexual Abuse Imagery of Children

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Privacy

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 1826
    3 Report

    Rhode Island Youth Athletics Instructor Allegedly Used AI to Create Sexual Abuse Imagery of Children

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Minors depicted in synthetic sexual content

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 1826
    3 Report

    Rhode Island Youth Athletics Instructor Allegedly Used AI to Create Sexual Abuse Imagery of Children

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Minors

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 1826
    3 Report

    Rhode Island Youth Athletics Instructor Allegedly Used AI to Create Sexual Abuse Imagery of Children

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Girls

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 1826
    3 Report

    Rhode Island Youth Athletics Instructor Allegedly Used AI to Create Sexual Abuse Imagery of Children

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Epistemic integrity

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 1826
    3 Report

    Rhode Island Youth Athletics Instructor Allegedly Used AI to Create Sexual Abuse Imagery of Children

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Educational communities

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 1826
    3 Report

    Rhode Island Youth Athletics Instructor Allegedly Used AI to Create Sexual Abuse Imagery of Children

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Synthetic media generation technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1826
    3 Report

    Rhode Island Youth Athletics Instructor Allegedly Used AI to Create Sexual Abuse Imagery of Children

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Synthetic image generation technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1826
    3 Report

    Rhode Island Youth Athletics Instructor Allegedly Used AI to Create Sexual Abuse Imagery of Children

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SwapX

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1826
    3 Report

    Rhode Island Youth Athletics Instructor Allegedly Used AI to Create Sexual Abuse Imagery of Children

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Grok

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1826
    3 Report

    Rhode Island Youth Athletics Instructor Allegedly Used AI to Create Sexual Abuse Imagery of Children

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Deepfake technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1826
    3 Report

    Rhode Island Youth Athletics Instructor Allegedly Used AI to Create Sexual Abuse Imagery of Children

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AI face-swapping technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1826
    3 Report

    Rhode Island Youth Athletics Instructor Allegedly Used AI to Create Sexual Abuse Imagery of Children

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