Livonia police use AI-generated teen persona to arrest Chicago-area school worker
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Livonia police arrested Christopher Thomas Mertens, a Chicago-area high school maintenance worker, after an investigator posed as a 15-year-old on the dating app Taimi using an AI-generated image.
Mertens was taken into custody when he got out of his car at a meetup spot. Police tracked his car with Flock and identified him using Thomson Reuters CLEAR and Clearview AI, according to 404 Media. The profile used the name "Caleb" and listed no age.
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AILivonia police arrested Christopher Thomas Mertens, a Chicago-area high school maintenance worker, after an investigator posed as a 15-year-old using an AI-generated image on the dating app Taimi. Mertens was arrested when he arrived at a meetup spot, after police tracked his car with Flock. Investigators used Thomson Reuters CLEAR and Clearview AI to identify him.
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