Kansas AG website briefly hosted ad for ‘AI-generated adult images’
The office of Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach on Monday reportedly removed a document from its website that contained marketing copy, complete with a link, advertising AI-generated adult materials.
The advertisement, which was discovered by the Wichita outlet 12 News, promoted “AI-generated adult images & videos” that are “ultra-realistic, fully customizable.” The local news outlet reported that Kobach’s office removed the document containing the ad soon after being notified of its presence. Kobach’s office did not respond to a request for additional information.
Will Colston, a spokesperson for Granicus, the government technology firm credited at the bottom of the website with its design, said the company’s platform had not been hacked. Colston also wrote in an email that “the illicit content was not at all visible on the website itself,” though it was hosted on the state’s server and accessible in search engine results.
“There has been no breach of Granicus systems or products, nor exposure of any data,” reads a Granicus statement provided to 12 News. “In the few cases affecting Granicus customers, an individual (or individuals) attached illicit content to a public form they submitted through a government web portal intended for communicating resident feedback or service requests. The attachment was then indexed by Google and other web crawlers, causing it to appear in search results.”
The company also said it “has implemented a block on our security platform” to prevent such scenarios from recurring.
Corrected Nov. 25, 2025: This story was updated after a spokesperson from Granicus provided additional clarifying details about the event. The advertisement was not visible to ordinary users of the attorney general’s website, but could be found through search engine results.
