AI-Generated Sexual Images of 400+ Minors at Zacatecas School Sold Online
A student at a secondary school in Zacatecas, Mexico reportedly used AI to generate sexual images of at least 400 fellow students by manipulating their photos, and distributed the images online. School officials were accused of covering up the case and destroying evidence rather than protecting victims.
What happened
A student at Escuela Secundaria Técnica Número 1 in Zacatecas used artificial intelligence to generate sexual images of at least 400 fellow students by manipulating their photographs, creating a catalog organized by grade and class.
The student photographed classmates in various locations including bathrooms and physical education classes without consent, then used AI to generate nude or sexual versions of the images and distributed them online.
Reported impact
Parents and students suspended school activities and blocked a metropolitan boulevard to demand immediate government response, alleging the perpetrator acted with impunity for weeks despite multiple victims reporting the abuse to teachers and school officials.
Mothers of affected students accused school officials, prefects, and the social worker of attempting to cover up the case and destroy evidence, and claimed administrators blamed victims for their appearance rather than protecting them.
Index analysis
Parents expressed concern that the catalog may have been commercialized and that altered images of minors could be circulating uncontrolled on the internet.
Governance controls
The Fiscalía de Zacatecas offered to attend to victims and guarantee that the crime would not go unpunished, while the Secretaría de Educación de Zacatecas refused to provide attention to protesters at the school.
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