MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – A Mobile man has been arrested following an investigation into online child sexual exploitation sparked by artificial intelligence cyber tips, authorities said.
Daniel Thomas Gunn was taken into custody after detectives executed a search warrant at his residence on Wellesley Court, according to the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office. The operation was conducted by the sheriff’s office Internet Crimes Against Children Unit with assistance from the Special Operations Unit.
Daniel Thomas Gunn(Mobile County Metro Jail)
The investigation began after detectives received three cyber tip reports from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, the MCSO said. The reports originated from the AI platform xAI (Grok) regarding suspected child sexual abuse material, officials said.
Gunn, 47, faces five counts of unlawful production of child pornography and five counts of unlawful possession of child pornography, jail records show. He was booked into Mobile County Metro Jail Thursday morning.
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