--- title: "Middle Schoolers Arrested for Making AI Nudes of Classmates" description: "Two Miami teenagers were charged with felonies for creating AI-generated deepfake nudes of underage classmates, a Wired report reveals." date: "2024-03-08" modified: "2024-03-08" authors: - name: "Maggie Harrison Dupré" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/middle-schoolers-arrested-ai-nudes" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" tags: - "ai" - "deepfakes" - "nonconsensual deepfakes" - "the digest" --- # Middle Schoolers Arrested for Making AI Nudes of Classmates ![Two Miami teenagers were charged with felonies for creating AI-generated deepfake nudes of underage classmates, a Wired report reveals.]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* ## Extremely Grim In what strongly appears to be a first-of-its-kind criminal case, [*Wired* reports that]() two Miami teenagers were arrested for allegedly creating AI-deepfaked nudes of their underage classmates. According to police reports obtained by *Wired*, the boys are aged 13 and 14, and the classmates targeted by the nonconsensually-generated imagery are "between ages of 12 and 13." The records also reportedly note that the offenders used "an artificial intelligence application" to create the fake nude images, though the app itself was unnamed. The legal consequences for the images' creators could be quite serious. Per *Wired*, the boys have been charged with third-degree felonies by way of a [2022 Florida law]() illegalizing the promotion of "any altered sexual depiction of an identifiable person, without the consent of the identifiable person." ## Rapidly Changing Worlds This isn't the first time that this incident made headlines. News of the harrowing middle school scandal first broke back in December, when [*NBC Miami* reported that]() the boys in question had been suspended for creating the invasive and traumatizing imagery of their schoolmates. "My face was used without my consent," one of the underage victims told the local outlet. "It makes me feel violated, I feel taken advantage \[of\] and I feel used." "It has been traumatizing for all of the families," added Nadia Khan-Roberts, one of the young victims' mothers. According to *Wired*, the police records note that the imagery was first reported to law enforcement officials on December 6, and arrests were made later that month. It's an incredibly grim story. We live in a world where almost everyone's face is online, even those of children, and easily accessible AI tools make it disturbingly easy to exploit kids — particularly young girls — who have been thrown into a terrifying new social and digital landscape emerging in middle and high school as a result. And as [similar stories]() crop up not just in middle and high schools around the country but [around the world](), what happens in this Miami case could shape how other cases are handled and prosecuted — and what consequences might look like for the perpetrators down the line. **More on AI and deepfakes:** [*Police Investigating AI-Generated Nudes of New Jersey High Schoolers*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping the media industry, and more broadly how those dynamics are changing how we all consume and share information and relate to one another. I'm also fascinated by public health policy and ethics, the role of emerging tech in politics and governance — and the powerful people and forces at those intersections — climate change, and the environment. My investigation on Sports Illustrated's use of AI-generated authors with fictional biographies won a 2024 Mirror Award for "Best Story on Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and the Media" from Syracuse University's SI Newhouse School, I contributed to Niemen Lab's 2025 Predictions for Journalism series, and I've discussed my work for Futurism during appearances on NPR, CNN, the BBC, the CBC, and more. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I played Division I field hockey for the Minutewomen as a midfielder. Since then, I've lived in New Orleans, Louisiana and Manhattan, New York. I spend my free time running, reading, perusing archival fashion, and searching for the world’s best negroni. I also have a debonair tuxedo cat, Westley, who's named after "The Princess Bride." ### Author social links [Bluesky]()