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NSW:'Abhorrent' AI sextortionist wins bid to leave prison

A man who tried to coerce women into sending sexual photos by threatening to post AI deepfakes of them online will be released from prison.

Benjamin Michael Jomaa, 32, was in April imprisoned for 27 months after admitting trying to extort eight women with AI-manipulated photos he scraped from their social media profiles.

In one instance, Jomaa manipulated a photo of sisters holidaying in Thailand to make it appear like they were topless before sending the image to them.

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