Mom and Daughter Tackle AI Dangers After Explicit Deepfake Images Shared at School

Pair wants to educate parents and children about the dangers of deepfake technology, and advocate for schools and government to be accountable

(Left to right) Francesca Mani, U.S. Rep. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.), U.S. Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-N.J.), and Dorota Mani

Francesca Mani, a 14-year-old freshman at Westfield High School in New Jersey, was called to the school’s main office on Oct. 20 and received frightening news.

The principal of the public secondary school informed Ms. Mani that a classmate had allegedly used artificial intelligence (AI) to take photos of her and her classmates’ faces, and incorporated them into explicit images shared online by him and other boys.