AI-generated naked child images shock Spanish town of Almendralejo

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A sleepy town in southern Spain is in shock after it emerged that AI-generated naked images of young local girls had been circulating on social media without their knowledge.

The pictures were created using photos of the targeted girls fully clothed, many of them taken from their own social media accounts.

These were then processed by an application that generates an imagined image of the person without clothes on.

So far more than 20 girls, aged between 11 and 17, have come forward as victims of the app's use in or near Almendralejo, in the south-western province of Badajoz.

"One day my daughter came out of school and she said 'Mum there are photos circulating of me topless'," says María Blanco Rayo, the mother of a 14-year-old.

"I asked her if she had taken any photos of herself nude, and she said, 'No, Mum, these are fake photos of girls that are being created a lot right now and there are other girls in my class that this has happened to as well.'"

She says the parents of 28 girls affected have formed a support group in the town.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66877718

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The world gets weirder by the day

[Oliver_W]

Gross.

Why do apps like that even exist?

And there are apps which can make a guess at age and gender, so apps like the above should have safeguards to at least try and stop people from creating CP.

[UserSince2005]

I would be so angry if some generated a nude of me and the cock was small

[Cherie]

I would be so angry if some generated a nude of me and the cock was small

No point lying I suppose

[Cherie]

Imagine that happening to you, its so grim

[Mystic Mock]

11 Year olds, seriously?:umm2:

If these people are going to be perverted at least pick an actual woman.:fist:

Don't get me wrong it'd still be wrong, but at least the person wouldn't have to go around to their neighbours to tell them that they're related to Jimmy Savile.

[UserSince2005]

No point lying I suppose

I’m gonna do an ai of your baggy pus.

[Oliver_W]

11 Year olds, seriously?:umm2:

If these people are going to be perverted at least pick an actual woman.:fist:

Don't get me wrong it'd still be wrong, but at least the person wouldn't have to go around to their neighbours to tell them that they're related to Jimmy Savile.

I think it's more likely to be someone in their class than a paedo tbh.

[user104658]

I think it's more likely to be someone in their class than a paedo tbh.

I agree in all likelihood it's another teen, not that that's an excuse. Deepfakes are a huge issue, deepfake porn is going to become more and more common. To the point that the one "benefit" of it is that eventually it's going to become so commonplace that even REAL leaked nudes will simply be viewed as "probably fake".

There should be serious consequences for any adult making pictures of children though. It's a bit more complicated when it's another kid.