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Dangers of putting pupils’ images on school websites | Letters

2026-05-19 · AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian

UK schools are getting blackmailed with AI-generated child sexual abuse images created from innocent photos posted on school websites. Turns out uploading kids' faces to the internet was already a terrible idea, but AI found a way to make it exponentially worse. Nothing says 'digital transformation in education' like accidentally providing source material for AI-powered predators.

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