The victims were reportedly between 12 and 13 years old.
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In what is strongly believed to be the first criminal case of its kind, wired Two Miami teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of using AI to deepfake the nudes of their underage classmates.
According to a report obtained by police, wired, the boys are 13 and 14 years old, and the classmates who were targeted in the non-consensually generated images are “between the ages of 12 and 13.” The records also say the criminals used an “artificial intelligence application” to create the fake nude images, but the name of the app itself is not disclosed.
The legal consequences for the creator of the image can be very serious.around wiredthe boys were charged with a third-degree felony under a 2022 Florida law that makes it illegal to promote “altered sexual depictions of an identifiable person without the consent of the identifiable person.”
A rapidly changing world
This is not the first time this incident has made headlines. News of the devastating middle school scandal first broke in December. NBC Miami The boys in question reported that they had been suspended from school for creating invasive and traumatic images of their schoolmates.
“My face was used without my consent,” one underage victim told local media. “It makes me feel violated and taken advantage of. [of] And I feel used to it. ”
Nadia Khan-Roberts, one of the young victims’ mothers, added: “It’s traumatic for the whole family.”
according to wiredThe images were first reported to law enforcement authorities on Dec. 6, and the arrests were made later that month, according to police records.
It’s an incredibly cruel story. We live in a world where nearly everyone’s face, including that of our children, is publicly available online, and easily accessible AI tools have enabled us to use frightening new social and Children, especially young girls, thrown into a digital environment have become disturbingly easy to exploit. High school as a result.
And as similar stories are happening in middle schools and high schools across the country, as well as around the world, what happened in this Miami case will affect how other cases are handled and prosecuted, and what will happen in the future. can shape the consequences for perpetrators.
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