Florida A.G. Sues AI Firm Over Child Porn Generation

Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a lawsuit against Rengstorff Consulting, a Nevada company that owns the artificial intelligence platform A2E, on Monday. The complaint, submitted to the Circuit Court in Sarasota County, accuses the firm of violating the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.

The 26-page suit claims A2E engaged in unconscionable, deceptive, and unfair business practices. Uthmeier alleges the software allowed users to generate sexually explicit images of children and to alter photos of adults to appear younger. The first count in the filing states that the product enabled predators to nudify non-consenting Floridians.

Uthmeier spoke at a news conference in Orlando earlier this week to announce the legal action. He described the AI software as the manufacturing hub for the content. "Just because you create the vehicle, it doesn’t give you exemption from liability," Uthmeier said. "We want to make them pay. We want to shut them down."

The lawsuit cites a specific case involving a Tampa man arrested earlier this year. According to the complaint, the man created more than 100 sexually explicit images of his six-year-old stepdaughter and ten-year-old stepson using the A2E platform. The suit notes that the defendant did not report the abusive images to law enforcement.

A2E responded to the news via email. The company stated it has been consulting with its legal team since learning of the suit. "We have always been treating CSAM very seriously since the very beginning," A2E said. The company added that it has been cooperating with law enforcement to detect and prevent child sexual abuse material.

This legal action follows a 2025 legislative measure in Florida. That law requires social media companies to delete deepfakes, which are AI-generated sexual depictions of people created without their consent. The new suit marks the first time the state has targeted an AI image generator under this framework.

Rengstorff Consulting is the named defendant in the case. The suit seeks to hold the company accountable for the output of its software rather than just the individual users who upload source images. Uthmeier's office said the case demonstrates the state's commitment to holding tech companies responsible for how their tools are used.