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Hillsboro, Oregon, Man Allegedly Possessed Dozens of Purportedly AI-Generated Images Depicting Child Sexual Abuse

AI Incident Database · article · Jul 24, 2026 · UTC

Parole device monitoring reportedly detected two sexualized images of children on Hillsboro, Oregon, man Daniel Bostwick's cellphone in April 2026. A subsequent search of his phone and thumb drive allegedly recovered dozens of images depicting child sexual abuse that appeared AI-generated. A federal grand jury later charged him with possessing obscene visual representations of child sex abuse; he pleaded not guilty.

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incident-report
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reported
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Global

Reported occurrence date: 2026-04-01T00:00:00.000Z

Evidence & attribution

AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

First collected: 2026-09-19T22:50:59.123Z. This is not the publication date.

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