Some minors in Japan are using AI to generate sexual images of peers from school photos


Japanese police throughout the country are receiving an increasing number of reports about such cases. -- PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: LIANHE ZAOBAO FILE/ST

TOKYO (Japan News/ANN): Fake sexual images of children are being generated with photos from school events and graduation albums and spread on social media.

In some cases, minors themselves are the perpetrators, with elementary, junior high and high school students using “deepfake” technology through generative AI websites and other tools.

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