{"schema_version":"0.10.0","id":"LR-2026-0565","record_version":1,"title":"Texas man charged over AI-generated sexual images of South Texas schoolchildren","verification":{"human_verified":false,"method":"automated_gate","auto_verified":true,"score":46.0,"score_breakdown":{"source_authority":12.1,"independent_corroboration":7.0,"implicated_party_confirmed":0.0,"citation_integrity":14.0,"specificity":3.0,"completeness":2.56,"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":"Publisher not yet named · subject to change","original_document":null,"reports_total":1,"reports_independent":0,"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":"Publisher not yet named · subject to change"}]},"sources_hash":"15da4ef1aae97ff9cb017ec9b8ef506168452ef21c3a1723d608af62e704c437"},"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":"2026-05-29","incident_class":"harmful_output","failure_class":null,"agent_involved":null,"secondary_failure_classes":[],"trigger":"human_misuse","duration":null,"detection_method":"unknown","summary":"The case concerns a man in Texas accused of using AI tools to generate sexualised images of children. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the man had taken photos from open-source pages affiliated with South Texas schools and manipulated them through AI tools to nudify the children. In April 2026, as part of a months-long investigation, the FBI received consent to search and seize electronic devices at his residence in Carrizo Springs, and agents identified more than 900 images and videos containing AI-generated pornographic images. Approximately 30 child victims have been identified. He was arrested and booked into the Dimmit County Jail on May 19, 2026, and charged with possession of computer-generated child pornography under Texas Senate Bill 20. The press release was issued on May 29, 2026.","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":30,"severity":"moderate","severity_because":"Test: moderate, data or systems of others touched with a bounded scope stated. Fact: the source states approximately 30 child victims identified, and the scope is limited to children in one investigation; the source does not state a count of 'many' parties or a live production compromise.","harm_class":[],"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.dps.texas.gov/news/dps-arrests-man-possession-hundreds-ai-generated-images-involving-south-texas-children","publisher":"Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) (.gov)","date":"2026-05-29","type":"press","title":"DPS Arrests Man in Possession of Hundreds of AI-Generated Images Involving South Texas Children - Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) (.gov)","archived_url":null,"attachment":"first_report"}],"per_field_confidence":{"event.trigger":"C","impact.third_parties_affected_count":"C","event.incident_class":"D","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.trigger":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Through further investigation, law enforcement determined that Covarrubias had taken photos from open-source pages affiliated with South Texas schools and manipulated them through AI tools to “nudify” the children."}],"impact.third_parties_affected_count":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"To date, approximately 30 child victims have been identified as part of this investigation."}],"event.incident_class":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Through further investigation, law enforcement determined that Covarrubias had taken photos from open-source pages affiliated with South Texas schools and manipulated them through AI tools to “nudify” the children."}],"impact.severity":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"To date, approximately 30 child victims have been identified as part of this investigation."}],"impact.severity_because":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"To date, approximately 30 child victims have been identified as part of this investigation."}],"event.summary":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Through further investigation, law enforcement determined that Covarrubias had taken photos from open-source pages affiliated with South Texas schools and manipulated them through AI tools to “nudify” the children."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"In April 2026, as part of a months-long AI-generated child pornography investigation, FBI Del Rio received consent to search and seize electronic devices at Covarrubias’ residence in Carrizo Springs."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"FBI Agents identified more than 900 images and videos containing AI-generated pornographic images created by Covarrubias, depicting both prepubescent and pubescent children."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"To date, approximately 30 child victims have been identified as part of this investigation."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"Covarrubias was arrested and then booked into the Dimmit Co. Jail on May 19, 2026, for possession of computer-generated child pornography – a first-degree felony."}]},"notes_on_gaps":"The source describes a human allegedly using unnamed AI tools; no AI system, model, developer, harness or deployment is named, so no system fields are given. No generation date is stated, so date_occurred is omitted. The date of detection is not stated beyond the April 2026 search, so date_detected is omitted. The detection method is not stated beyond an FBI-coordinated investigation, so it is omitted. The responsible_party is omitted because the actor is an individual and no provider, integrator or deployer is named. No technical controls are reported as held, failed or missing, and no remediation by any AI party is stated. The headline says hundreds of images, but the source states more than 900 images and videos; the stated figure was used. The victim count is stated as approximately 30, so it is recorded as 30 with that caveat. The man is only believed by police to have generated the images and is charged, not convicted. Severity was judged moderate under the bounded-scope test, a judgement that could support major. The Senate Bill 20 reference is a legal context and not a technical control. [case created by the backfill: read by claude-haiku-5-5, backfill-2026-11-01.2, 2026-11-01; not yet reviewed] [2026-11-01: evidence level set: Preliminary (Publisher not yet named · subject to change)]"},"context":{"industry":null,"org_size_band":null,"country":"unknown","denominator_available":false,"denominator":null,"related_incident_ids":[],"systemic_exposure":null,"shared_model_id":null,"upstream_incident_id":null,"incident_evidence":null,"regulatory":null,"coverage":null},"analysis":{"sections":{"timeline":[{"text":"Covarrubias was arrested and booked into the Dimmit Co. Jail.","quote":"Covarrubias was arrested and then booked into the Dimmit Co. 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