Headline Roundup • November 4th, 2023
Computer-Generated Nude Photos of High School Girls Circulated by Male Classmates Spark Dialogue on AI
Technology,Sexual Misconduct,New Jersey,School,Pornography,Child Pornography,Artificial Intelligence,Deepfakes
Summary from the AllSides News Team
The circulation of AI-generated nude photographs at a New Jersey high school has sparked uproar and dialogue on the downsides and regulation of artificial intelligence.
The Report: According to Wall Street Journal (Center bias) a group of boys at Westfield High School generated fake nude photographs of female classmates, and circulated them in group chats. The high school confirmed the incident to parents but hasn’t provided specific details on which students were involved, and whether they have been punished. Several victims reportedly filed police reports, and an investigation is ongoing, though police have not seen the images themselves.
Victim Perspective: Francesca Mani appeared on Fox News’ (Right bias) The Ingraham Angle TV program alongside her mother, saying she hadn’t seen the images herself, but was told she was a victim. School administrators also notified the Manis that the images were gone, and had been shared on Snapchat, a platform known for disappearing images. Mother Dorota, speaking on behalf of the victims, said, they are “so disappointed in the way that Westfield High School has been handling this situation.”
Unregulated AI: Wall Street Journal and Axios (Lean Left bias) offered analysis, noting how accessible the technology used to generate fake porn has become. The Journal cited analysts who say federal law is lagging in its approach to faked pornography, and added that this week in an executive order, the Biden administration called for the prevention of AI from creating “non-consensual intimate imagery of real individuals.”
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A phone, a few photos and artificial intelligence have stirred controversy and shattered the privacy of several teens at a New Jersey high school after they learned that nude images of them — created via AI — were circulated in group chats.
Why it matters: The incident is a poignant example of the threats that come with unregulated, expanding artificial intelligence access, experts told Axios.
Driving the news: Some teen girls at Westfield High School in New Jersey learned last month that fake nude images of them were shared among other students, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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When girls at Westfield High School in New Jersey found out boys were sharing nude photos of them in group chats, they were shocked, and not only because it was an invasion of privacy. The images weren’t real.
Students said one or more classmates used an online tool powered by artificial intelligence to make the images, then shared them with others. The discovery has sparked uproar in Westfield, an affluent town outside New York City.
Digitally altered or faked images and videos have exploded along with the availability of free or cheap...
Fox News / The Ingraham Angle
After artificial-intelligence-generated nude photos were circulated around a New Jersey high school with superimposed faces of female students, one victim of the situation spoke out to FOX News on Friday.
Francesca Mani told "The Ingraham Angle" that the principal at Westfield High School recently notified her that she was one of multiple victims.
"After that, I just felt, like, betrayed because I never thought it'd be my classmate, and when I came home, I told my mom and I said, 'We need to do something about this because it's not OK, and...
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