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Beverly Hills middle schoolers circulate AI-generated nudes of classmates

Author:     The Midwesterner Staff
Source:     The Midwesterner
Publication Date:     FEBRUARY 26, 2024
 Link: Beverly Hills middle schoolers circulate AI-generated nudes of classmates
Stephan:  

Several times in the recent past I have told you about emails I have received from mothers who are SR readers, and who wrote to tell me their daughters, one 15, the other 16 had been the victims of AI-generated porn using their faces widely circulated by boys who hit on them and that they had rejected. I have a daughter and could well imagine the effect, but I confess I had no idea how large this evil trend has become. According to an analysis by independent researcher Genevieve Oh that was shared with The Associated Press, more than 143,000 new deepfake videos were posted online this year, which surpasses every other year combined. What is particularly appaling is that, as this story describes this isn’t just adult men, it is also middle school boys — that is 12, 13, 14 years of age doing this about girls in their middle school. Twelve, thirteen, fourteen, what kind of country have we become? And what is our Congress doing? Nothing.

Beverly Vista Middle School, Beverly Hills, California

Nude images of middle school students created by classmates using artificial intelligence are roiling the Beverly Hills school district, the latest in an emerging trend that’s prompting calls for legislation.

Officials in California’s Beverly Hills Unified School District are working with the Beverly Hills Police Department to identify both the victims and perpetrators of an undisclosed number of nude images reported by students at Beverly Vista Middle School last week.

“On Wednesday, the BVMS Administration received reports from students about the creation and dissemination by other students of Artificial Intelligence generated images that superimposed the faces of our students onto AI-generated nude bodies,” district officials wrote to parents in an email cited by Fox 11. “As the investigation is progressing … more victims are being identified. We are taking every measure to support those affected and to prevent any further incidents.”

Jackie Kruger, mother of an eighth grader at the middle school, described the situation to KCAL as “frightening and terrible.”

“I can imagine how devastating that would be,” Kruger said.

While her daughter wasn’t […]

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