{"schema_version":"0.10.0","id":"LR-2026-0509","record_version":1,"title":"Pennsylvania state trooper pleads guilty to creating AI pornography","verification":{"human_verified":false,"method":"automated_gate","auto_verified":true,"score":43.5,"score_breakdown":{"source_authority":12.1,"independent_corroboration":7.0,"implicated_party_confirmed":0.0,"citation_integrity":14.0,"specificity":0.0,"completeness":3.2,"unhedged_language":5.0},"checks":{"schema_valid":true,"every_field_cited":true,"quotes_verbatim":true,"source_fetched":true,"distinct_incident":true,"dates_plausible":true,"sources_agree":true,"source_describes_incident":true,"severe_backed_by_source":true,"record_integrity":true,"eligible":true,"about_this_case":true},"gate_version":"gate-2026-10-18.7","cross_check_model":null,"cross_check_agreement":null,"duplicate_of":null,"verified_by":null,"verified_at":"2026-11-01","extraction_run_id":null,"evidence_level":{"level":"preliminary","reason":"1 report: CBS News · subject to change","original_document":null,"reports_total":1,"reports_independent":1,"reports_derivative":0,"developing":false,"disputed":false,"rules_version":"evidence-2026-10-29.1","computed_at":"2026-11-01","history":[{"date":"2026-11-01","from_level":null,"to_level":"preliminary","reason":"1 report: CBS News · subject to change"}]},"sources_hash":"c946dafabef1dabda3424a8dc0c51d341e25da84b876f9a45d4cda2a30effbad"},"system":{"model_name":null,"model_version":null,"developer":"unknown","harness":null,"tools_granted":[],"permissions_scope":null,"autonomy_level":"unknown","guardrails_present":[],"deployment_context":"unknown","tier":null,"lifecycle_stage":null,"integration_type":null,"intended_use":null,"safeguard_state":null,"production_intended":null},"event":{"date_occurred":null,"date_disclosed":"2026-04-08","incident_class":"harmful_output","failure_class":null,"agent_involved":false,"secondary_failure_classes":[],"trigger":"human_misuse","duration":null,"detection_method":"unknown","summary":"Kamnik, who is currently suspended without pay, used secured law enforcement and commonwealth computer systems to create AI-generated pornographic images of numerous women, according to the attorney general's office. Prosecutors said Kamnik also used the state's Justice Network, known as JNET, to obtain hundreds of photographs of women, violating database policies. The investigation, which was conducted by state police, found that Kamnik secretly filmed and photographed numerous women while on duty. A lawsuit filed by a victim who alleges her image was used in AI-generated pornography claims Pennsylvania State Police were aware of prior incidents of Kamnik abusing his position as a state trooper but failed to properly discipline him. A Montgomery County judge is scheduled to sentence him July 8.","tags":[],"date_detected":null,"near_miss":null,"root_cause":null,"root_cause_detail":null,"failure_class_detail":null,"responsible_party":null,"adversarial_actor":null,"input_provenance":null,"time_to_contain":null,"operations_paused":null,"remediation":null,"precursor_events":null},"impact":{"direct_loss_usd":null,"remediation_hours":null,"records_exposed":null,"third_parties_affected_count":null,"severity":"moderate","severity_because":"Test: data of others touched with a bounded scope stated. Fact: hundreds of photographs of women obtained through JNET.","harm_class":["privacy"],"affected_description":null,"protected_class_involved":null,"data_categories_exposed":[],"loss_range_usd":null,"reversibility":null,"downstream_exposure_count":null},"evidence":{"sources":[{"url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/pennsylvania-police-ai-generated-porn-stephen-kamnik/","publisher":"CBS News","date":"2026-04-08","type":"press","title":"Pennsylvania state police trooper pleads guilty to using work computer to create AI-generated pornography - CBS News","archived_url":null,"attachment":"first_report","independence":"independent"}],"per_field_confidence":{"event.incident_class":"C","event.agent_involved":"C","event.trigger":"C","impact.harm_class":"C","context.industry":"C","impact.severity":"D","impact.severity_because":"D","event.summary":"C","system.autonomy_level":"D","system.deployment_context":"D","event.detection_method":"D","context.country":"D","system.developer":"D","event.date_disclosed":"D","context.denominator_available":"D"},"field_citations":{"event.incident_class":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"A Pennsylvania State Police corporal has pleaded guilty to creating AI-generated pornography, possessing child sexual abuse material and secretly filming women, including coworkers and a Montgomery County judge, according to the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office."}],"event.agent_involved":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Kamnik, who is currently suspended without pay, used secured law enforcement and commonwealth computer systems to create AI-generated pornographic images of numerous women, according to the attorney general's office."}],"event.trigger":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Thirty-nine-year-old Stephen Kamnik pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Court Wednesday to a total of 15 charges for years of abusing law enforcement databases, state-owned devices and unauthorized material for personal sexual gratification."}],"impact.harm_class":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The investigation, which was conducted by state police, found that Kamnik secretly filmed and photographed numerous women while on duty."}],"context.industry":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Kamnik, who is currently suspended without pay, used secured law enforcement and commonwealth computer systems to create AI-generated pornographic images of numerous women, according to the attorney general's office."}],"impact.severity":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Prosecutors said Kamnik also used the state's Justice Network, known as JNET, to obtain hundreds of photographs of women, violating database policies."}],"impact.severity_because":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Prosecutors said Kamnik also used the state's Justice Network, known as JNET, to obtain hundreds of photographs of women, violating database policies."}],"event.summary":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Kamnik, who is currently suspended without pay, used secured law enforcement and commonwealth computer systems to create AI-generated pornographic images of numerous women, according to the attorney general's office."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"Prosecutors said Kamnik also used the state's Justice Network, known as JNET, to obtain hundreds of photographs of women, violating database policies."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"The investigation, which was conducted by state police, found that Kamnik secretly filmed and photographed numerous women while on duty."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"A lawsuit filed by a victim who alleges her image was used in AI-generated pornography claims Pennsylvania State Police were aware of prior incidents of Kamnik abusing his position as a state trooper but failed to properly discipline him."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"A Montgomery County judge is scheduled to sentence him July 8."}]},"notes_on_gaps":"The sources describe a state trooper misusing government systems, not an autonomous AI agent. Judgements made: agent_involved set to false; no failure_class or secondary classes given. incident_class set to harmful_output, trigger to human_misuse (cause stated as personal sexual gratification), adversarial_actor to insider, detection_method to human_review (state police investigation), and severity to moderate (hundreds of photographs of others with bounded scope stated; no count of two or more affected parties or regulator stated as such). The AI tool, model, developer, harness, and version are not named. The offence dates are not stated beyond January 2025 for the gun search, so date_occurred is omitted. The article date 2026-04-08 is not used as a disclosure date. Country is not stated as a field value, though Pennsylvania implies the United States; this was not assigned. No controls are stated as held, failed, or bypassed, though prosecutors describe violations of database policies and the lawsuit alleges failure to discipline; no closed control id was mapped to these. No remediations, financial loss, records count, or affected-party count are stated. Sentencing year and plea date are not given beyond the weekday Wednesday. 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