Bacchus Marsh Grammar: schoolboy arrested after 50 female students allegedly targeted in fake explicit AI photos scandal

A teenager at the private school in regional Victoria was held after images created with artificial intelligence were circulated in the area

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A teenage boy has been arrested and then released after fake explicit images, described as mutilated" and incredibly graphic", were allegedly circulated on social media using the likenesses of about 50 female students from a private school in regional Victoria.

The principal of Bacchus Marsh Grammar, Andrew Neal, told the ABC about 50 girls had been targeted.

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