Teens get probation after using AI to create fake nudes of classmates
People enter the Lancaster County Courthouse in Lancaster, Pa., Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) 2026-03-25T17:23:39Z LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Two teenage boys who used artificial intelligence to create fake nude photos of their classmates were put on probation Wednesday and placed in the custody of their parents.
The boys, who were 14 at the time, admitted earlier this month that they made 59 child sex abuse images.
Prosecutors said they morphed photos of girls, many from Instagram, with virtual images of adults depicting nudity or sexual activity.
Some of the victims were their classmates at Lancaster Country Day School, west of Philadelphia.
Police said in court documents that a woman reported that her daughter said a fellow student had been “taking photographs of students and using Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to portray the female juvenile students as being nude.” Wednesday’s disposition hearing before Lancaster County Common Pleas Court Judge Leonard Brown III was the juvenile court version of a sentencing hearing.
Along with probation, the boys were given 60 hours of community service each.
If they don’t have any additional legal problems, Brown said the case could expunged after two years.
They were also ordered not to have contact with the victims and must pay an unspecified amount of restitution.
As he imposed his sentence, Brown said he had not heard either boy apologize or take responsibility for their actions.
If they were adults, he said, they probably would be headed for state prison.
During the proceedings, the boys declined several opportunities to comment to the judge.
Afterwards, one of the boys refused to comment outside court. “This has been a regrettable, long torturous process for everyone involved,” Heidi Freese, an attorney for one of the boys. “There were very interesting, underlying legal issues surrounding the charges in this case and those will be decided on a different day in a different case.” Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday has said the case “exemplifies the dark side of modern technology and social media.” “The conduct involved a weaponization of technology to victimize unsuspecting children who had photos online.
It goes without saying that the impact on the victims is nothing short of devastation,” Sunday said in a release earlier this month.
The resolution of the Pennsylvania case comes days after three teenagers in Tennessee sued Elon Musk’s xAI, claiming the company’s Gro
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