A teenage boy has been arrested as police investigate AI-generated nude images that circulated online using the faces of about 50 female students.
The students targeted attend Bacchus Marsh Grammar, a private school in regional Victoria.
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The fake images use the faces of schoolgirls taken from social media platforms. The girls in the pictures range from years 9 to 12.
The images allegedly circulated on social media platforms like Snapchat and Instagram, prompting the school to contact police.
Principal Andrew Neal told the ABC, “Bacchus Marsh Grammar is taking this matter very seriously”.
“[The students] should be able to learn and go about their business without this kind of nonsense,” he said.
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