The Santa Monica Zoo: A Case Study on Fake AI-Generated Images of a New Jersey Teen, and the Los Angeles Times
The Beverly Hills Police Department is investigating a case where students allegedly shared pictures of their faces on nude bodies, the Los Angeles Times reported. The article says that it is not clear whether a crime was committed because the law against illegal possession of obscene matter does not explicitly mention AI-generated images.
Local media reported on the suspension of the Pinecrest Cove Academy students in Miami, Florida, on December 6th, which was reported to the Miami-Dade Police Department. They were arrested on December 22nd.
Although nearly all states now have laws on the books that address revenge porn, only a handful of states have passed laws that address AI-generated sexually explicit imagery to varying degrees. Victims in states with no legal protections have also taken to litigation. For example, a New Jersey teen is suing a classmate for sharing fake AI nudes.
NBC Miami and the family of the alleged perpetrators: Is the incident involving a single boy walking in the same hallways?
Nadia Khan-Roberts, the mother of one of the victims, told NBC Miami in December that for all of the families whose children were victimized the incident was traumatizing. Our daughters are not comfortable with the same boys walking in the same hallways. “It makes me feel violated, I feel taken advantage [of] and I feel used,” one victim, who asked to remain anonymous, told the TV station.
The reports say that the incident was reported to a school administrator, but they didn’t give details on how that person found out about the images. After the school administrator “obtained copies of the altered images” the administrator interviewed the victims depicted in them, the reports say, who said that they did not consent to the images being created.
The parent of one of the boys arrested did not respond to a request for comment in time for publication. The parent of the other boy didn’t say anything. The detective assigned to the case, and the state attorney handling the case, did not respond for comment in time for publication.