Teachers targeted by student-made AI deepfakes, WIRED reports
PAstynome · x · 2026-08-24
WIRED reports on the other side of the school deepfake epidemic: teachers are becoming targets too. Four educators told WIRED about students creating sexualized AI-generated photos and videos of them.
- LA-area substitute teacher Luis DeSantiago discovered an AI image based on an old workplace selfie, altered to show him in lingerie posing suggestively; the saga spanned two schools and dragged on for months.
- Victims describe profound distress and difficulty finding accountability, with slow platform response.
- Commenters fear a South Korea-style teacher exodus driven by bullying from students and parents.
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