Nearly 30 students from North Carolina State University report that artificial intelligence has been used to produce sexually explicit images featuring their photos, according to a research mandate.
The search warrant dated November 1, 2024 indicates that a student reported to the NC state police only “obscene” photographs of her and other students were discovered earlier on Erome.com , a website that allows users to share pornographic images and videos.
The student said that the images were generated by computer, adding that women illustrated on the website had not created or shared the images, depending on the mandate.
NC police police received reports from 28 women in total who said their photos had been used without consent. According to the mandate, many images “portray the face of women artificially imposed on naked women performing sexual acts”.
Many targets were members of the sorority, depending on the mandate, and a file on the erome.com website was labeled “NC State” and “College Sorority S ****”. The files even included some of the names of the victims.
The research mandate requests access to the e-mail addresses associated with the EROME.com account, the Cloud and the location data, and all the images that the user has stored or downloaded.
A spokesperson for the state of NC said that the investigation was active and in progress.
Following the reports, NC State Sent a letter with links and resourcesIncluding counseling sessions, to all women affected.
Tuesday, the university published the following declaration:
In October, when the life of fraternity and sorority was alerted to the situation, a support message including relevant university resources was provided to all panhelllenic women in collaboration with the center of women, the Bureau of Life Student and advocacy, student legal services, office of the office of the office of the office of the office of the office of the equal opportunities office and the NC state police service. University teams continue to be useful for affected people.
Wral News also asked Erome.com information on the account used to create the images and awaits an answer.
If you or someone you know is the victim of domestic violence, you can call the national hotline of domestic violence at 1-800-799-7233 (safe). For the help of the county by county, the coalition of North Carolina against domestic violence has a list of resources on nccadv.org.
