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Pupils use AI to create sexual images of teachers (Scotland, reported 2026-04)

Preliminary Why: 1 report: BBC · subject to change · 1 independent report

Status: no action reported

Severity moderate

Reported 2 Apr 2026

No source states: loss or records, developer and model, agent tool, could do, deployer, industry.

Pupils in Scottish schools used AI image tools to make sexual and violent images of their teachers. In some clips, teachers' likenesses were added to footage from pornographic films. The images were shared on social media and around schools, and fake social media accounts using teachers' names were set up. The details first emerged in the Renfrewshire area, and the union says the problem has been reported nationally. Some staff have been signed off work sick. Renfrewshire Council said it has robust policies in place and will keep working with teaching unions. Ofcom said that creating or sharing non-consensual sexual deepfakes made with AI can be illegal. The sources do not state the AI system used, how many pupils or teachers were affected, when the images were made, or how they were caught.

What happened

1 · What it was doingPupils used AI to make sexual and violent images of teachers and shared them online.

2 · What went wrongThe images often began as humour and then took a darker turn.

3 · What it reached or didSome staff were signed off sick after the footage was shared around schools.

What was done

No source states an action or fix.

Risks

Manipulation and misinformation
Primary65 incidents

Harmful content and jailbreaks
Also84 incidents
Rising: 6 vs 3.8 a week

Sorted by rule from the case's fields; not yet read from the sources.

Controls

Not yet read for controls. Controls that mitigate the primary risk:

Model

Marking machine-made output · Abuse monitoring and account enforcement · Content safety classifiers

Application

People told they are dealing with AI

Infrastructure / target

Phishing and fraud filters

Evidence

No source states: how it was caught, when it happened, when it was found, how many records were exposed, the direct loss, a count of the other parties affected, any court case, the cause, what set it off, what was done.

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What happened

Earliest source we hold

2026-04-02

D inferred by us from the described behaviour, reason shown

What went wrong

produced harmful content

C one secondary source states it

Impact

Severity

moderate

D inferred by us from the described behaviour, reason shown

Notes on gaps

No date of occurrence is stated; only the earlier-this-week paper and the 2026-04-02 publication date appear. No count of pupils, teachers or images is stated, so no counts are given. The January Armagh and Isle of Man reports are separate incidents and are excluded from this record.

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