时间：2025-04-28 15:43:14 来源：梯田叠翠岁月如歌

• Facebook
• Twitter
• Flipboard
• Comments
• Print
• Email

Students are now using AI apps to create fraudulent nude images of classmates

SmartSocial founder Josh Ochs and Don Austin, the superintendent of the Palo Alto Unified School District, spoke with Fox News Digital about this emerging trend. 

Join Fox News for access to this content Plus special access to select articles and other premium content with your account - free of charge. By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News' Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, which includes our Notice of Financial Incentive. Please enter a valid email address. By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News' Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, which includes our Notice of Financial Incentive.

A troubling trend has emerged in schools across the United States, with young students falling victim to the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered "nudify" apps that have the power to create fake pornography of classmates.

"Nudify" is an umbrella term referring to a plethora of widely available apps and websites that allow users to alter photos of full-dressed individuals and virtually undress them. Some apps can create nude images with just a headshot of the victim. 

Don Austin, the superintendent of the Palo Alto Unified School District, told Fox News Digital that this type of online harassment can be more relentless compared to traditional in-person bullying.

"It used to be that a bully had to come over and push you. Palo Alto is not a community where people are going to come push anybody into a locker. That doesn't happen. But it's not immune from online bullying," Austin said.

‘SOUND OF FREEDOM’ PRODUCER SAYS AI TOOLS HELPED NAB CHILD TRAFFICKER THAT ELUDED FBI FOR 10 YEARS

Education experts are warning parents that teens are now using AI apps and websites to create nude images of their peers.  (Catherine McQueen/Moor Studio/Getty)

"The differences, I think, are worse. Now your bully can be completely anonymous. You don't even know where it's coming from," he continued.

Austin noted that conversations with mental health professionals have unearthed another troubling trend wherein kids who have become the victim of online bullying can become "addicted" to searching for negative content about themselves.

"They're looking, monitoring the exact place where the harm is coming from," he said.

Growing up in the 1980s, Austin recalled how a student could do something stupid on a weekend and peers would whisper and talk about that individual on a Monday.

Flash-forward to the early days of the internet when Austin was starting his professional career: at this point, students could post pictures and comments about classmates and display that to the entire school.

PROTECTING YOUR DAUGHTER FROM DEEPFAKES AND ONLINE ABUSE

AI-generated images, known as "deepfakes," often involve editing videos or photos of people to make them look like someone else or use their voice to make statements they never uttered in reality.  (Elyse Samuels/The Washington Post/Lane Turner/The Boston Globe/STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

"We're at a place now where you can be doing nothing and stories and pictures about you are posted online. They're fabricated. They're completely made up through AI and it can have your voice or face. That's a whole other world," he told Fox News Digital.

Last August, the office of the San Francisco City Attorney filed a lawsuit accusing 16 "nudify websites" of violating nonconsensual intimate images and child abuse material laws. In the first half of 2023, the websites in question were visited over 200 million times.

The parent companies of the apps that create these hyper-realistic "deepfake pornography" images have largely remained unscathed by state legislation. However, at least one state, Minnesota, is considering a bill that would hold them accountable for certain image generations.

TEEN DEEPFAKE PORNOGRAPHY VICTIM WARNS FUTURE GENERATION IS 'AT RISK' IF AI CRIME BILL FAILS

Texas teen Elliston Berry speaks on the Take It Down Act, which requires social media companies to restrict deepfake porn on their platforms. (Fox News/Screengrab)

Though technology will likely always outpace policy, Austin stressed the importance of ongoing collaboration and communication between educators, parents, and students to redefine acceptable behaviors and provide support for those affected by AI and social media.

Nearly a decade ago, Austin fostered a working relationship with SmartSocial founder Josh Ochs, whose organization hosts weekly live events that teach parents how to keep their kids safe online.

Ochs told Fox News Digital that in a growing number of cases, these apps are subjecting school-aged teens to humiliation, harassment and online sexual exploitation. The creation of these images can also lead to legal ramifications. 

"Kids these days will upload maybe a headshot of another kid at school and the app will recreate the body of the person as though they're nude. This causes extreme harm to that kid that might be in the photo, and especially their friends as well and a whole family," he told Fox News Digital.

AI ‘DEEPFAKES’ OF INNOCENT IMAGES FUEL SPIKE IN SEXTORTION SCAMS, FBI WARNS

A woman in Washington, D.C., views a manipulated video on January 24, 2019, that changes what is said by President Donald Trump and former president Barack Obama, illustrating how deepfake technology has evolved.  (Rob Lever /AFP via Getty Images)

Ochs emphasized the importance of parents having open and frequent dialogues with their children about online safety and the dangers of these apps, while also taking an interest in their personal lives.

Though some parents push to give their kids greater autonomy and privacy, Ochs said parents should have access to their children's devices and social media accounts (via the passcode), just as they would have a spare set of keys to a car.

"Before you give your kids a phone or social media, it's time to have that discussion early and often. Hey, this is a loaner for you, and I can take it back at any time because you could really hurt our family," he said.

The U.S. Senate in February unanimously approved a bill by Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., that would make it a federal crime to publish, or threaten to publish, nonconsensual intimate imagery, including "digital forgeries," also known as deepfakes, crafted by AI.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

上一篇：吴柳芳抖音账号已解禁 一夜涨粉超100万！
下一篇：最能够体现出孤独的朋友圈文案 深入人心的孤独语录

• ·甘肃山丹马场：一幅骏马扬蹄奔腾的盛夏牧马图
• ·上海申花遭FIFA处罚：自4月17日起 3个窗口禁止转会注册
• ·孕妇睡觉左侧卧睡姿最好
• ·初一写人作文：老师二三事 5
• ·Americans weigh in on Trump making English America's official language
• ·“篮球+健康”计划第二年活动启动
• ·小镇惊魂第二章流程攻略
• ·春日文旅盛宴打造多维度消费场景，激发消费潜力尽享高品质生活方式
• ·俄称完全控制库尔斯克，乌方否认
• ·令人悲伤抑郁的个性伤感签名 离开后才发觉那个人是最喜欢的
• ·澳门世界杯：王楚钦逃赛点4
• ·今年前7个月长江经济带11省市外贸进出口值超11万亿元
• ·致自己很现实的人生感悟说说 生活感悟的经典说说2021
• ·恒安集团创始人许连捷逝世
• ·天天下雨很烦发朋友圈的文案 雨天心情不好的短句最新
• ·澳门世界杯：女单4强已出其3！孙颖莎胜世界亚军，晋级迎战陈幸同