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A.B. Paterson College

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Incident 16122 Report
A.B. Paterson College Teacher in Queensland Allegedly Used AI to Create Explicit Images of Students and Staff

2025-10-30

Queensland police in Australia allege that former A.B. Paterson College teacher Robert John Thomas used a work-issued laptop and AI software to create explicit images depicting staff members and students. The school discovered and quarantined the material in October 2025, dismissed Thomas, and reported the matter to police. Authorities said there was no evidence he shared the images; he was charged with child-exploitation and computer-misuse offences in July 2026.

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Teachers

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1612
    2 Reports

    A.B. Paterson College Teacher in Queensland Allegedly Used AI to Create Explicit Images of Students and Staff

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1612
    2 Reports

    A.B. Paterson College Teacher in Queensland Allegedly Used AI to Create Explicit Images of Students and Staff

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Synthetic media creators

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1612
    2 Reports

    A.B. Paterson College Teacher in Queensland Allegedly Used AI to Create Explicit Images of Students and Staff

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Robert John Thomas

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1612
    2 Reports

    A.B. Paterson College Teacher in Queensland Allegedly Used AI to Create Explicit Images of Students and Staff

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Educators

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1612
    2 Reports

    A.B. Paterson College Teacher in Queensland Allegedly Used AI to Create Explicit Images of Students and Staff

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1612
    2 Reports

    A.B. Paterson College Teacher in Queensland Allegedly Used AI to Create Explicit Images of Students and Staff

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Deepfake creators

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1612
    2 Reports

    A.B. Paterson College Teacher in Queensland Allegedly Used AI to Create Explicit Images of Students and Staff

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Synthetic media generation technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1612
    2 Reports

    A.B. Paterson College Teacher in Queensland Allegedly Used AI to Create Explicit Images of Students and Staff

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Synthetic image generation technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1612
    2 Reports

    A.B. Paterson College Teacher in Queensland Allegedly Used AI to Create Explicit Images of Students and Staff

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Deepfake technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1612
    2 Reports

    A.B. Paterson College Teacher in Queensland Allegedly Used AI to Create Explicit Images of Students and Staff

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Victims of non-consensual deepfakes

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1612
    2 Reports

    A.B. Paterson College Teacher in Queensland Allegedly Used AI to Create Explicit Images of Students and Staff

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Victims of deepfake child abuse

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1612
    2 Reports

    A.B. Paterson College Teacher in Queensland Allegedly Used AI to Create Explicit Images of Students and Staff

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Victims of deepfake abuse

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1612
    2 Reports

    A.B. Paterson College Teacher in Queensland Allegedly Used AI to Create Explicit Images of Students and Staff

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Students

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1612
    2 Reports

    A.B. Paterson College Teacher in Queensland Allegedly Used AI to Create Explicit Images of Students and Staff

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School employees

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1612
    2 Reports

    A.B. Paterson College Teacher in Queensland Allegedly Used AI to Create Explicit Images of Students and Staff

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Privacy

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1612
    2 Reports

    A.B. Paterson College Teacher in Queensland Allegedly Used AI to Create Explicit Images of Students and Staff

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Minors

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1612
    2 Reports

    A.B. Paterson College Teacher in Queensland Allegedly Used AI to Create Explicit Images of Students and Staff

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Epistemic integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1612
    2 Reports

    A.B. Paterson College Teacher in Queensland Allegedly Used AI to Create Explicit Images of Students and Staff

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Educational communities

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1612
    2 Reports

    A.B. Paterson College Teacher in Queensland Allegedly Used AI to Create Explicit Images of Students and Staff

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A.B. Paterson College students and staff depicted in alleged AI-generated explicit images

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1612
    2 Reports

    A.B. Paterson College Teacher in Queensland Allegedly Used AI to Create Explicit Images of Students and Staff

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Synthetic media generation technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1612
    2 Reports

    A.B. Paterson College Teacher in Queensland Allegedly Used AI to Create Explicit Images of Students and Staff

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Synthetic image generation technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1612
    2 Reports

    A.B. Paterson College Teacher in Queensland Allegedly Used AI to Create Explicit Images of Students and Staff

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Deepfake technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1612
    2 Reports

    A.B. Paterson College Teacher in Queensland Allegedly Used AI to Create Explicit Images of Students and Staff

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