A man from Kent has admitted using AI to create sexually explicit deepfakes involving a child.
Harry Geddes, of Silver Streak Way in Strood, pleaded guilty to creating purported intimate images of two people without their consent, possessing indecent images of a child, and breaching a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO).
The 28-year-old appeared at Medway Magistrates’ Court and remains in custody.
Geddes' SHPO required that monitoring software be installed on his mobile phone.
On March 23, the software alerted police that he had viewed explicit content involving people appearing underage.
A further review found he had used an AI platform to create sexually explicit images using photos of a child and adult women taken from social media.
Officers from the North Kent management of sexual offenders team also discovered he had created several aliases and used websites that blocked internet activity from being recorded, both in breach of his SHPO.
Geddes was arrested on Wednesday (June 10) and charged yesterday (June 11).
In February 2026, it became illegal to create AI-generated sexual images of real people without their consent.
Geddes remains in custody and is due to appear at Maidstone Crown Court on a later date.
Det sgt Fleur Hardie of Kent Police said: "With AI usage rising, new legislation is increasingly needed to meet the criminality that can be committed through it.
"Using AI to create intimate images is not a victimless offence and it can cause victims immense distress.
"Geddes may be the first to be convicted of creating explicit AI deepfakes, but anyone doing the same should be aware that this is a crime and we will come after you."
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