A 47-year-old man has been fined €400 in the Republic of Ireland after he pleaded guilty to possessing child pornographic material, generated using artificial intelligence (AI). Stephen Buckley, whose case was heard at the district court in Tralee, County Kerry, is believed to be the first person in the country to be convicted of possession of AI-generated child pornographic material. Two years ago, the US National Center for Missing & Exploited Children alerted detectives in the Garda (Irish