Description: A Texas Department of Public Safety staff sergeant from Edinburg, Preston Wade Pietrzykowski, was reportedly arrested on a charge of possession or promotion of child pornography. Included among the alleged contents of a hard drive belonging to him was CSAM altered or generated by deepfake technology.
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View all entitiesAlleged: Unknown deepfake technology developer developed an AI system deployed by Preston Wade Pietrzykowski, which harmed minors , General public , General public of Texas and Texas Department of Public Safety.
Alleged implicated AI system: Unknown deepfake app
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1006
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2025-02-20
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A Texas Department of Public Safety staff sergeant was arrested earlier this month after his wife discovered a hard drive containing child sexual abuse material, or CSAM.
Preston Wade Pietrzykowski, 30, of Edinburg, was arrested March 3 on …
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