Westfield High School non-concensual nude deepfakes
Girls at Westfield High School in New Jersey, USA, were subjected to fake nude images of them being shared among other students, sparking uproar and prompting a police investigation. Male classmates reputedly used girls' photos found online to concoct and circulate AI-generated pornographic images of female students as young as 14 years old in group chats. One victim told th e Wall Street Journal , 'We're aware that there are creepy guys out there but you'd never think one of your classmates would violate you like this.' It had taken four days before the school found out that the boys had been using the Clothoff AI tool to create and share fake the nude images, though school officials said they 'believed' the images had since been deleted and were no longer in circulation . The Wall Street Journal reported that families of four of the victims had filed police reports, and a New Jersey senator had asked county prosecutors to investigate. ➕ June 2024. 14-year-old Westfield deepfake porn victim Francesca Mani appeared before a US Senate hearing on revenge pornography. ➕ July 2024. Francesca Mani launched AI Heeelp!, a website that offers resources to other victims of deepfake pornography. ➕ October 202 5 . A Yale Law School professor, his students, and a trial attorney filed a lawsuit on behalf of one of the victims against ClothOff developer AI/Robotics Venture Strategy 3 . Deepfake pornography Deepfake pornography, or simply fake pornography, is a type of synthetic pornography that is created via altering already-existing photographs or video by applying deepfake technology to the images of the participants. Source: Wikipedia 🔗 System 🤖 ClothOff Operator: Westfi eld High School students Developer: AI/Robotics Venture Strategy 3 Country: USA Sector: Education Purpose: Undress individuals Technology: Deepfake; Machine learning Issue: Accountability; Privacy; Safety
- Date it happened
- 2023-10-01
- Organisation involved
- Westfield High School students
- Product, system or model
- ClothOff
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