Winnipeg high school reports 'explicitly altered' photos of students shared online
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A high school in Winnipeg is warning parents that explicit photos of its students taken from social media and then altered with artificial intelligence are circulating online.
A high school in Winnipeg is warning parents that explicit photos of its students taken from social media and then altered with artificial intelligence are circulating online.
Collège Béliveau in the Louis Riel School Division sent the letter saying officials became aware after students came forward about the doctored photos late on Monday.
“The original photos appear to have been gathered from publicly accessible social media and explicitly altered,” the letter, signed by principal Andrea Kolody and vice-principal Jennifer Oldfield, reads.
A spokesperson for the Louis Riel School Division says students used artificial intelligence to generate the images, which were then shared, saying this is a first for the division.
The spokesperson says they can confirm 17 images have been discovered.
“We are aware of people saying there are others, but we don’t know how many in total are out there,” they wrote in an email to CTV News Winnipeg.
The letter says the division has been investigating the incident, consulting with its senior leadership team, its information service department, and clinical services. They’ve also reached out to the Winnipeg Police Service and Cybertip for outside help.
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