{"schema_version":"0.10.0","id":"LR-2026-0647","record_version":1,"title":"Bentonville photographer pleads not guilty to using AI to create sexually explicit images of children","verification":{"human_verified":false,"method":"automated_gate","auto_verified":true,"score":47.0,"score_breakdown":{"source_authority":12.1,"independent_corroboration":7.0,"implicated_party_confirmed":0.0,"citation_integrity":14.0,"specificity":3.0,"completeness":3.52,"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":"5d4dad8a442f3bd53511e501b039077a1ad4b8a975a6f921e18282dcfced1487"},"system":{"model_name":"Grok","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":"2026-07-29","incident_class":"harmful_output","failure_class":null,"agent_involved":null,"secondary_failure_classes":[],"trigger":"human_misuse","duration":null,"detection_method":"unknown","summary":"A Bentonville, Arkansas photographer, Russell Bloodworth, was charged after police said he used Grok AI to generate child sexual abuse material. A police tip received June 8 concerned material generated online by an account the investigation found was registered to him. A detective reviewed images and identified a girl from a professional photography shoot as one depicted. Police found a hidden folder on his cellphone with more than 1,700 images and videos, and seized more than 60 devices. Bloodworth pleaded not guilty July 20 to charges including 100 counts of pandering and 100 counts of unlawful creation or distribution of deepfake material. 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