Pinecrest Cove Academy parents outraged after daughters' faces used on nude photos
MIAMI - Parents from one Southwest Miami-Dade school are outraged after artificial intelligence technology was used to put their daughters' faces on naked bodies.
Two boys are suspended at Pinecrest Cove Preparatory Academy, accused of creating nude photos of classmates using artificial intelligence.
"Even just my little girl alone, you know like much of the rest of the girls that are involved she's having a hard time dealing with," said Gary Gilmore, a parent of the victim.
Around two dozen girls and boys fell victim to fake nude photos.
"It made me feel violated. It made me feel unsafe. Like I don't want to be in a school with boys who did that. I talk to them every day. I look them in the face and they acted like they didn't do anything," said one of the victims.
Parents say two classmates took their daughters' photos from the school's social media account and put them into an app that used their faces on AI-generated bodies.
"She's been crying. She hasn't been eating. She's just been mentally unstable. She does cheer and she didn't even want to come to school to do it," she said Vanessa Posso, one of the parents.
"She's very stressed out. She has a lot of anxiety. She's just not herself anymore. She used to be a very spirited child. Now she's just not the same," said Gilmore.
The two boys accused of the deepfakes are suspended for 10 days, but parents say the time doesn't fit the crime.
"Our daughters do not feel comfortable returning to school with these boys in the same hallways," said Nadia Kahn-Roberts, a parent.
We reached out to the school and heard back from the Florida Charter School Alliance.
They told us administrators alerted law enforcement as soon as they heard about the incident that took place over the Thanksgiving break.
An email was sent to all parents at the school, which said in part: "The individuals found responsible have been disciplined in accordance with the code of student conduct. Police continue to investigate any potential criminal conduct associated with these actions."
"We still don't have results from the investigation. We the parents haven't even seen the images that our daughters had to see," said Kahn-Roberts.
Miami-Dade police say they are working closely with the State Attorney's Office on this case, but parents say the boys shouldn't be allowed back.
"This is something that I don't think is going to end anytime soon. It's going to keep going and going. Until we get the resolution that we're looking for. Which is immediate expulsion of both these young men," said Gilmore
