A high school in Westfield, New Jersey, launched an investigation after a student allegedly created AI-generated nudes of girls at the school. Sophomore boys were sharing the images in group chats,reports. But on October 20, one of them apparently tipped off his classmates, who escalated the incident to school administrators.
“My daughter texted me, ‘Mom, naked pictures of me are being distributed.’ That’s it. Heading to the principal’s office,” one mom, Dorota Mani, told. She went on to say that her daughter, who is 14, “started crying, and then she was walking in the hallways and seeing other girls of Westfield High School crying.
But at a time when inappropriate — if not necessarily illegal — uses of AI are rampant, parents and students aren’t sure that those investigations offer enough protection for victims or consequences for perpetrators. After all, there’s ample evidence to suggest that women and teens are particularly vulnerable to misuse of AI.
Without a federal law banning deep-fake porn, some states have begun creating their own legislation, which can be hard to enforce. Some states only allow civil suits while other states allow criminal charges, but as the Washingtonpoints out, it’s hard to know whom to sue. Mani, whose daughter was affected by the Westfield deep fakes, said that she filed a police report but is still worried about how this could affect her daughter going forward.
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