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Hasbrouck Heights Man Arrested for Running Massive AI Deepfake Ring Targeting Celebs and Officials

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Landmark Federal Bust: Bergen County Man Charged in Massive Celebrity & Political AI Deepfake Ring

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the staff of the Ridgewood blog

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. — In one of the most significant crackdowns on cyber-harassment since the integration of generative artificial intelligence, federal authorities have arrested a North Jersey man for allegedly operating a massive online ring dedicated to creating and distributing nonconsensual, sexually explicit AI deepfakes.

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