The case of a Uinta County man accused of using an artificial intelligence application to remake a photo of a teenage girl he knows into child pornography resurrects some lawmakers’ concerns about AI deception.

The case of Matthew John McDowell, who turns 47 this year, rose Tuesday to the felony-level Uinta County District Court.

McDowell faces four counts of child pornography possession — each charged as a “subsequent offense” to prior child sexual exploitation and each punishable by between seven and 12 years in prison and up to $10,000 in fines.

Of the four photographs underpinning the four counts, at least one is a deepfake, court documents say.

The original, unaltered photograph was of a teen girl McDowell knows, fully wrapped in a towel from her upper chest to her feet, with her

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