Two high school students arrested for AI-generated obscene images of classmates
Two high school students in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey were arrested after using AI to generate obscene images of six female classmates by transforming their social media photos. The students were apprehended and remanded in custody following police investigation.
What happened
Two high school students in Kahramanmaraş used artificial intelligence to transform photographs of six female students from their social media accounts into obscene content and shared the images.
The two suspects were apprehended by police and transferred to the prosecutor's office after their initial processing, then remanded in custody by a duty judge.
Reported impact
Six female high school students were victimized by the creation and sharing of deepfake sexual imagery derived from their social media photos.
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