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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Antoun Issa

Afternoon Update: outrage over alleged deepfakes at Victorian school; Jarryd Hayne wins appeal; and record number leaving New Zealand

Bacchus Marsh grammar school sign
Explicit fake AI photos of female students at Bacchus Marsh Grammar were allegedly circulated online. Photograph: Diego Fedele/AAP

Afternoon. The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, has condemned the circulation of alleged deepfakes of 50 female students at Bacchus Marsh grammar as “disgraceful and misogynistic”.

A teenage boy was arrested and released after fake explicit images, described as “mutilated” and “incredibly graphic”, were allegedly created using artificial intelligence and photos of the girls’ faces taken from social media sites and then circulated online.

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