Description: In February 2024, a Glasgow man, Callum Brooks, reportedly used an AI-powered image-alteration tool to create deepfake nude images of a woman he knew from school by modifying her publicly posted social media photos. He allegedly sent the fabricated intimate images to two friends without her consent. The woman was reportedly embarrassed and distressed after learning of the images. Brooks pled guilty in Glasgow Sheriff Court and was fined £335.
Editor Notes: Timeline notes: The reported incident appears to have occurred sometime in February 2024, so the incident ID date of 02/01/2024 is an approximation. The court case was processed in August 2025, and the incident ID was created on 12/06/2025.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Unknown deepfake technology developers and Unknown image generator developer developed an AI system deployed by Callum Brooks, which harmed Former classmate of Callum Brooks and Epistemic integrity.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Unknown deepfake technology and Unknown image generator
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1292
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2024-02-01
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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A man from Glasgow has become one of the first people from Scotland to be convicted of distributing pornography created using 'deepfake' AI technology.
Callum Brooks, 25, altered two social media pictures posted by a woman he knew from his…
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