2 teen boys accused of using AI to make sexual photos of classmates

Two 14-year-old boys in Edmonton are accused of using artificial intelligence to make sexualized images of their classmates.

Several students were targeted, according to police.

The boys are believed to have fed non-consensual photos they had taken of the girls, as well as photos from the girls’ social media accounts, to AI software.

Students complained to a teacher, who called police in March.

Both boys were charged on June 1 with making and possessing child sexual exploitation materials and voyeurism.

None of the students nor the junior high school they attend is being named to protect the privacy of the victims.

The Internet Child Exploitation Unit of the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) and the Zebra Child and Youth Advocacy Centre are expected to speak more about the case Wednesday.

This is the second such incident in Alberta, according to ALERT. In December, a Calgary high school student was accused of making similar images of girls from local high schools.