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Five eighth-grade students have been expelled from their Beverly Hills school for their involvement in using artificial intelligence to generate nude images of classmates and sharing them with others.
School officials say they learned last month of the images, in which faces of students at Beverly Vista Middle School were superimposed on AI-generated nude bodies.
The victims are 16 eighth-grade students, the district said.
In a letter to parents, the district said it's limited in the details it can share on what disciplinary action was taken. But parents told Eyewitness News they understood that the eighth-grade students accused of sharing the photos were expelled.
"I don't think they should have done what they did," eighth-grader Riley Yousef said. "I think they deserved to get expelled."
Riley's mother Fiona Javaheri called the punishment adequate and said they need to be made an example of.
"This kind of behavior is unacceptable. I do not blame the children - they are children, this is a middle school. I don't blame them at all. I do blame, sorry to say, the parents," Javaheri said. "The children are their responsibility, and they should be aware of what their children are getting up to on their devices."
Riley said she knows everyone involved.
"It's just really uncomfortable for them. We've had a lot of presentations about it," she said. "The police came. It feels really weird and uncomfortable."
The school district said Beverly Hills police is still investigating.
"Furthermore, we recognize that kids are still learning and growing, and mistakes are part of this process," the district said in a statement. "However, accountability is essential, and appropriate measures have been taken."

Fucked up, but I don't believe in expulsion for kids unless they are like a physical threat to the rest of the school. Punish them another way

Fucked up, but I don't believe in expulsion for kids unless they are like a physical threat to the rest of the school. Punish them another way

Its not about the perpetrators. Its so the victims dont need to be around people who violated them.

Fucked up, but I don't believe in expulsion for kids unless they are like a physical threat to the rest of the school. Punish them another way

Fucked up, but I don't believe in expulsion for kids unless they are like a physical threat to the rest of the school. Punish them another way

I do not blame the children - they are children, this is a middle school. I don't blame them at all. I do blame, sorry to say, the parents

I will always disagree with this. Hold the individuals who did it responsible.

So why aren't they being charged with a crime?

You're going to tell me this doesn't fall under a similar law to sharing nude pictures of someone online illegally?

I feel like this can be a nuanced issue, when it comes to kids.

like, it's wrong, but they might not know how much of a violation of privacy it can be because the images "aren't real". plus, they grew up in this digital space, which might make them feel like it's not affecting anyone.

I'm not saying they shouldn't be disciplined, or that they should get away with it because "they're just kids", but there are some things they're still learning that we might take for granted as adults.

I do agree that they should be removed from the victims, by maybe transferring, but they should also have to take some kind of sensitivity training/workshop. I actually think a course like that should be taught so people won't be able to get off on ignorance in the future.

So why aren't they being charged with a crime?

You're going to tell me this doesn't fall under a similar law to sharing nude pictures of someone online illegally?

true, but unfortunately, we also have adults doing stuff like this, who either don't see anything wrong with it or don't care.

at least, with a class, you might be able to reach more young people.

even if you don't appeal to their empathy, you can at least have them know what's to come if they create images/videos like this.

it's sad to think that kids are going to start to have rules like these in their guidelines/code of conduct (I forget what you call it) because this technology isn't likely to go away

faces . . . were superimposed

Problem with homeschooling is you need the capability, time and resources to teach them. Many parents don't have even one of those.

This is a key detail being overlooked by people asking for them to be charged with sex crimes. Sure, it's more high tech than slapping a photo over a dirty magazine or whatever, but you're really going to call for 12 or 13 year olds to have criminal records for that?

They should be charged with something, getting a slap on the wrist isn't going to mean a damn thing

Tbh I wonder if expulson is too much, i'd have gone with 1 or 2 months of detention. BUt i can't feel too bad for them. They were probably shits even before this

They should be charged with something, getting a slap on the wrist isn't going to mean a damn thing

mybbqrules posted... Boy who would have thought that jumping right into the deep end of the AI pool while giving a firm middle finger to touchy subjects like "regulation" would possibly turn out this way?

I do not blame the children - they are children, this is a middle school. I don't blame them at all. I do blame, sorry to say, the parents

I will always disagree with this. Hold the individuals who did it responsible.

This is a key detail being overlooked by people asking for them to be charged with sex crimes. Sure, it's more high tech than slapping a photo over a dirty magazine or whatever, but you're really going to call for 12 or 13 year olds to have criminal records for that?

Neither is charging them with a crime. You don't see people being hunted down over all the other deepfake porn being made do you?

This is the root of the problem. And it's a can of worms that would be extremely hard to close at this point without some sort of nuclear legislation in multiple countries.

This is a key detail being overlooked by people asking for them to be charged with sex crimes. Sure, it's more high tech than slapping a photo over a dirty magazine or whatever, but you're really going to call for 12 or 13 year olds to have criminal records for that?

They should really be charged for dissemination of child pornography. Doesn't matter if it's fake or not. This shit is not okay.

Yes I am. It's fucking abhorrent and shows a genuine evil and disregard for women.

Fuck 'em.

AI laws are currently in its infancy so the kids are lucky in that regard but there's already instances of people getting charged for creating child porn over this.

https://www.wlky.com/article/louisville-religion-teacher-child-porn-yearbook-photos-fautz/46628488#