7th Circuit: Precedent Protects AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material

( August 27, 2026, 12:49 PM EDT) -- MADISON, Wis. — U.S. Supreme Court precedent allowing in-home possession of obscene material bars the government from attempting to convict a man of possession of artificial intelligence-generated child sexual abuse material, a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel said.  In a concurrence, a judge of the court recognized that controlling precedent required the outcome but said that courts would be well served by additional U.S. Supreme Court guidance given technology’s advances since its last ruling....