Incident 651: Students at a Beverly Hills Middle School Allegedly Created and Shared Deepfake Nudes of Their Classmates

Description: At Beverly Vista Middle School in Beverly Hills, California, students allegedly used AI to generate fake nude photos with their classmates' faces, prompting investigations by school officials and the police. The incident highlights the increasing misuse of generative AI among minors.

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Alleged: Unknown deepfake creator developed an AI system deployed by , which harmed Unnamed middle school students.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
651
Report Count
3
Incident Date
2023-12-06
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Applied Taxonomies
MIT

MIT Taxonomy Classifications

Machine-Classified
Taxonomy Details

Risk Subdomain

4.3. Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation

Risk Domain

  1. Malicious Actors & Misuse

Entity

Human

Timing

Post-deployment

Intent

Intentional

A Beverly Hills middle school is investigating AI-made nude photos of students
nbcnews.com · 2024

Students at a middle school in Beverly Hills, California, used artificial intelligence technology to create fake nude photos of their classmates, according to school administrators. Now, the community is grappling with the fallout.

School o…

A.I. Is Making the Sexual Exploitation of Girls Even Worse
nytimes.com · 2024

On Tuesday, Kat Tenbarge and Liz Kreutz of NBC News reported that several middle schoolers in Beverly Hills, Calif., were caught making and distributing fake naked photos of their peers: "School officials at Beverly Vista Middle School were…

The rise of deepfakes: teens subjected to AI-generated pornography
highschool.latimes.com · 2024

This report has more details that pertain to Incident 799, but begins by referencing this incident too.

In February, students in Beverly Vista Middle School were investigated by the Beverly Hills police department for creating fake nude pic…

Variants

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