(Radio Iowa) – Forty students are victims of AI-generated deepfakes at Cascade High School which saw the heads of students attached to nude bodies. The Western Dubuque School District discovered the photos at the end of March, and Superintendent Dan Butler says it’s a scary, new era for technology.

Deep Fake example Adobe stock image (public domain)

The bigger trend with this is the ease with these A-I tools of how information and images can be manipulated so quickly,” he says. Butler says he is working on prevention policies. “It’s a challenging situation for us as school officials, it’s a challenging situation for our students, the victims, and it’s a challenging situation for our families,” Butler says.

The school is cooperating with law enforcement as they conduct an investigation into the fake photos.