Student used AI tool to create fake nude photos of underage classmate in NJ: lawsuit

A New Jersey teenager has filed a lawsuit against a company behind an artificial intelligence tool that created fake nude images of her using photos she posted online when she was 14.

The lawsuit states that a male classmate used an AI program called ClothOff to generate altered images that kept her face but digitally removed her clothing, making it appear she was nude. The explicit fake images were then circulated through social media and group chats.

The 17-year-old plaintiff is suing AI/Robotics Venture Strategy 3 Ltd, the company that developed the tool. The lawsuit, filed on her behalf by a Yale Law School professor, several students, and a trial attorney, seeks to have the fake images permanently deleted and to stop the company from using them to train AI models. It also requests the removal of the tool from the internet and financial compensation for emotional distress.