Middle school students targeted in AI nude photo scam – WISN

There’s a new danger in an era of online exploitation: a threat to use AI technology to alter innocent photos.”Who knows, this could be the next trend,” Muskego Police School Resource Officer Chris Kristalidis said Tuesday.Muskego police learned on Friday that a middle school girl was friended on Snapchat by a supposedly 15-year-old boy, and they exchanged innocent photos. That’s when he revealed he was 33 and demanded explicit photos.”If she didn’t comply with what he wanted, he threatened to then alter the photograph she had sent, and send it out to family and friends, post it online,” he said. “Alter it to make it appear sexual or naked or sensitive in nature.”It’s a scheme that’s starting to pop up around the world, and Muskego police said at least 10 middle school girls did friend the supposedly 15-year-old boy. Snapchat’s No. 1 warning on their safety checklist for students and parents is to only connect with friends they know in real life. Muskego police say they are hoping the incident will emphasize just how important that is.”This is the first time I’ve worked in a case where I’ve learned there’s a threat to use AI to change a picture in
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