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Incident 15741 Report
Purportedly AI-Generated Explicit Images of Students Allegedly Circulated at Lake Zurich High School in Illinois

2026-02-26

In February 2026, administrators at Lake Zurich High School in Lake Zurich, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, reportedly received a complaint that students had used AI to generate explicit images using classmates' likenesses. The district reportedly notified police and affected families. Police described an active investigation into possible transmission of lewd AI-generated material depicting juveniles.

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Students

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1574
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    Purportedly AI-Generated Explicit Images of Students Allegedly Circulated at Lake Zurich High School in Illinois

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1574
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated Explicit Images of Students Allegedly Circulated at Lake Zurich High School in Illinois

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Minors

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1574
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated Explicit Images of Students Allegedly Circulated at Lake Zurich High School in Illinois

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  • Incident 1574
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated Explicit Images of Students Allegedly Circulated at Lake Zurich High School in Illinois

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Lake Zurich High School students

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1574
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated Explicit Images of Students Allegedly Circulated at Lake Zurich High School in Illinois

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1574
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated Explicit Images of Students Allegedly Circulated at Lake Zurich High School in Illinois

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Deepfake creators

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1574
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated Explicit Images of Students Allegedly Circulated at Lake Zurich High School in Illinois

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Synthetic media generation technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1574
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated Explicit Images of Students Allegedly Circulated at Lake Zurich High School in Illinois

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Image generation technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1574
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated Explicit Images of Students Allegedly Circulated at Lake Zurich High School in Illinois

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Deepfake technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1574
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated Explicit Images of Students Allegedly Circulated at Lake Zurich High School in Illinois

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Lake Zurich High School community

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1574
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated Explicit Images of Students Allegedly Circulated at Lake Zurich High School in Illinois

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high school students

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1574
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated Explicit Images of Students Allegedly Circulated at Lake Zurich High School in Illinois

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Epistemic integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1574
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated Explicit Images of Students Allegedly Circulated at Lake Zurich High School in Illinois

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Educational communities

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1574
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated Explicit Images of Students Allegedly Circulated at Lake Zurich High School in Illinois

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Privacy

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1574
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated Explicit Images of Students Allegedly Circulated at Lake Zurich High School in Illinois

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Synthetic media generation technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1574
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated Explicit Images of Students Allegedly Circulated at Lake Zurich High School in Illinois

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Image generation technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1574
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated Explicit Images of Students Allegedly Circulated at Lake Zurich High School in Illinois

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Deepfake technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1574
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated Explicit Images of Students Allegedly Circulated at Lake Zurich High School in Illinois

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