The “darker side” AI reared its head at a secondary school on the large island of Crete, according to press reports this week, with news that at least two junior high school pupils used AI tools to create altered photos of their female classmates and teachers, turning them into lewd images.

According to Cretalive, the incident occurred at a school in Irakleio prefecture, where the eighth-grade students first took photos of fellow pupils and teachers before processing the images through a specialized online platform to alter them into pornographic images. They then circulated the fake images among themselves until they were eventually seen by the victims.

Some of the photos were reportedly taken during a school trip outside Crete last week.

n Monday morning, the father of one of the pupils who was a victim of the “AI porn” notified school administrators.

Two male pupils are reported to have admitted their involvement, while staff-members, assisted by child psychologists, are now seeking ways to manage the situation in order to protect both the victims and the school environment.