Fake AI porn leads to real harassment in US high schools

This photo illustration created in Washington, DC, on Nov 16, 2023 shows an AI girl generator on a cellphone in front of a computer screen. When Ellis, a 14-year-old from Texas, woke up one October morning with several missed calls and texts, they were all about the same thing: nude images of her circulating on social media. That she had not actually taken the pictures didn’t make a difference, as AI makes so-called ‘deepfakes’ more and more realistic. — AFP

WASHINGTON: When Ellis, a 14-year-old from Texas, woke up one October morning with several missed calls and texts, they were all about the same thing: nude images of her circulating on social media.

That she had not actually taken the pictures didn’t make a difference, as artificial intelligence makes so-called “deepfakes” more and more realistic.