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Tucumán, Argentina: schoolgirls allege a classmate made about 280 AI nude images of them that spread on WhatsApp and were sold; sit-in protests 8 and 9 Oct 2026

Girls at a secondary school in the locality of San Pablo, Tucumán province, Argentina, reported in October 2026 that a male classmate had used artificial-intelligence tools to generate about 280 sexual images of them, placing their faces on naked bodies, and that the images circulated in WhatsApp groups and, they later learned, were sold. The families raised the matter with the school, which acknowledged in a communiqué to families that it had received parents concerned about photographs and videos altered with AI showing adolescents' faces on naked female bodies, and announced a listening and formative day for 13 October 2026. Student delegates told Cadena 3 that pupils from first to fifth year, aged 12 to 18, were affected, that a pupil described as a friend of the accused alerted the girls, and that the school's response was insufficient; the students held sit-ins outside the school on Thursday 8 and Friday 9 October 2026 demanding an investigation, the examination of the accused pupil's phone and his expulsion. The allegations rest on the students' and families' accounts and the school's communiqué as relayed by the press; no police or prosecutorial action is reported, the tool is not named, and the accused pupil is a minor.

AI system
Unidentified image and video tool
Occurred
Oct 2026
Reported
9 October 2026
Event location
Argentina
What the AI did
Depicted or impersonated the person
Reported harm
Exploitation or AbusePsychological Distress
Whose AI use
Someone else’s AI use
Setting
Education · Privacy
Evidence
AI involvement reported · Causal attribution alleged · 3 sources, 2 underlying accounts
5 claims: 1 corroborated, 4 reported. 5 open questions
People reported harmed
Not reliably quantifiable from the sources

AI system as recorded: Artificial-intelligence tools, not named, which according to the students' complaint were used by a classmate to generate about 280 images placing the girls' faces on naked bodies; the school's communiqué, as relayed, refers to photographs and videos altered with AI

What Happened

The images. Girls at a secondary school in San Pablo, department of Lules, Tucumán province, reported that a male classmate had used artificial-intelligence tools to generate about 280 sexual images of them by manipulating their faces onto naked bodies without their consent. Families told the school that videos with the faces of under-age pupils mounted on naked bodies had also circulated. The students said the images spread in WhatsApp groups and that they later learned the images had been sold.

How it came out. A student delegate told Cadena 3 that a pupil described as a friend of the accused alerted the girls that the images were circulating and told them who had produced and shared them. The delegate said the accused initially shared the images with his group of friends and gathered "more than 270 photos in total". The students then went to the school authorities and said they did not receive the response they expected.

The school's response. In a communiqué to families, relayed by Contexto Tucumán and El Tucumano, the school said it had received mothers and fathers concerned about the circulation of photographs and videos altered with AI, had also heard third-year pupils and delegates from other years, would address each aspect "with the maximum responsibility", and would hold a listening and formative day on Tuesday 13 October 2026. A fifth-year delegate told Cadena 3 that the school "gives no answers to any situation of harassment", called the events "sexual violence", and said the school prioritised the accused pupil's privacy over the affected girls.

The protests. The students held a sit-in outside the school on Thursday 8 October 2026 and again on Friday 9 October, not entering classes, demanding that the production and circulation of the material be investigated, that the accused pupil's phone be examined, and that he be expelled. A banner read: "Does a phone seem private to you, but my classmates' bodies and privacy do not?"

What is not established. No source reports a police complaint, a prosecutor's involvement or any sanction. The tool is not named. The number of images (about 280, or "more than 270") and the sale of the images rest on the students' accounts. A further allegation by a delegate about a separate recording of a relative is not part of this record. The accused pupil is a minor and is not named in any source.

Reported harm

According to the students and their families, about 280 AI-made sexual images placing schoolgirls' faces on naked bodies circulated in WhatsApp groups and were sold; student delegates described the events as sexual violence, said the girls felt unprotected by the school, and held two days of sit-in protests.

How Harm Occurred

A classmate allegedly used AI tools to place the faces of schoolgirls aged 12 to 18 onto naked bodies in about 280 images, which circulated in WhatsApp groups and were reportedly sold; the girls describe the depiction and its circulation as sexual violence and say the school's response left them unprotected.

Outcome

Ongoing

The school met parents and student delegates, issued a communiqué to families saying it would address the matter with responsibility and within the law, and announced a listening and formative day for Tuesday 13 October 2026. Students considered the response insufficient and held sit-ins on 8 and 9 October 2026 without entering classes, demanding an investigation, the examination of the accused pupil's phone and his expulsion. No police complaint, prosecutorial investigation or sanction is reported in the inspected sources.

What remains unknown

  • How the images were made and with which tool; no authority or technical examination has confirmed the students' account, and the accused pupil's phone has not been examined according to them.
  • How many girls were depicted; the sources give a number of images (about 280, or more than 270) and an age range, not a count of people.
  • When the images were made and first circulated; the sources date only the disclosure and the protests in October 2026.
  • Whether any police complaint or prosecutorial investigation has been opened, and whether the images were in fact sold; the sale rests on the students' account.
  • The school's communiqué was not inspected directly; its wording is known only through Contexto Tucumán and El Tucumano.

What the evidence supports

AI involvement: reported. The students and their families report that a classmate used artificial-intelligence tools to generate about 280 images placing the girls' faces on naked bodies, and the school's communiqué to families, as relayed by Contexto Tucumán and El Tucumano, acknowledges parents' concern about photographs and videos altered with AI showing adolescents' faces on naked female bodies. The AI-made images are the harm itself: they depict the girls (depicted_or_impersonated), their circulation in WhatsApp groups and reported sale is the conduct complained of, and the students describe it as sexual violence. No police, prosecutor or technical examination has confirmed how the images were made, the tool is not named, and the accused pupil's phone has not been examined according to the students, so the status is reported and not supported.

5 claims: 1 corroborated, 4 reported. What the statuses mean

Corroborated Girls at a secondary school in San Pablo, Tucumán, reported that a male classmate generated about 280 images of them naked with artificial intelligence and that the images circulated.

Causal attribution. Allegation by the students and their families; supported by two distinct origins (Cadena 3's own interviews with student delegates; the Tendencia de Noticias report relayed by s2 and s3). Not confirmed by any authority or technical examination.

  • cadena3.com(opens in new tab) supports · Spanish
    Alumnas de un colegio de la localidad tucumana de San Pablo, denunciaron que un compañero habría generado con inteligencia artificial unas 280 imágenes que las mostraban desnudas y las habría difundido en grupos de WhatsApp
  • contextotucuman.com(opens in new tab) supports · Spanish
    Las imágenes denunciadas habrían sido creadas mediante inteligencia artificial a partir de fotografías de las adolescentes. Según lo planteado por las familias ante las autoridades escolares, también circularon videos con rostros de alumnas menores de edad montados sobre cuerpos desnudos
  • eltucumano.com(opens in new tab) supports · Spanish
    utilizó herramientas de inteligencia artificial para generar aproximadamente 280 imágenes de contenido sexual manipulando sus rostros sin su consentimiento
Reported Cadena 3 reports that the images were spread in WhatsApp groups; a student delegate told Cadena 3 that the accused initially shared the images with his group of friends and gathered more than 270 photos, and the students said they later learned the images had been sold.

Causal attribution. Single origin: student delegates interviewed by Cadena 3.

Reported The school's communiqué to families acknowledged receiving parents concerned about the circulation of photographs and videos altered with AI showing adolescents' faces on naked female bodies, and announced a listening and formative day for Tuesday 13 October 2026.

Causal attribution. The communiqué itself was not inspected; s2 and s3 relay it through the same reporting chain, so one origin.

  • eltucumano.com(opens in new tab) supports · Spanish
    el colegio reconoció haber recibido a madres y padres preocupados por la circulación de fotografías y videos alterados con IA, en los que figuran caras de adolescentes sobre cuerpos femeninos desnudos
  • contextotucuman.com(opens in new tab) supports · Spanish
    El colegio anunció que el martes 13 de octubre realizará una jornada de escucha y trabajo formativo con el alumnado
Reported The students held a sit-in outside the school on Thursday 8 October and again on Friday 9 October 2026, not entering classes, demanding an investigation, the examination of the accused pupil's phone and his expulsion.

Causal attribution. Cadena 3 alone reports that the sit-ins took place on Thursday and Friday with pupils not entering classes; the Tendencia de Noticias chain relayed by s2 and s3, published before and during Friday 9 October, reports the call for the Friday sit-in and the demands (investigation, phone examination, expulsion). The demands have two origins; the holding of the two sit-ins has one.

  • cadena3.com(opens in new tab) supports · Spanish
    Las protestas comenzaron el jueves y continuaron este viernes con una nueva sentada, durante la cual los alumnos no ingresaron a clases
  • eltucumano.com(opens in new tab) supports · Spanish
    las jóvenes exigieron la expulsión inmediata del acusado y convocaron a una manifestación pacífica para el viernes 9 de octubre
  • contextotucuman.com(opens in new tab) supports · Spanish
    Las estudiantes reclaman que se revise el teléfono del compañero señalado para determinar qué contenido habría generado y cómo se difundió
Reported According to Cadena 3's report, the images affected pupils from first to fifth year aged 12 to 18, third-year pupils being the most affected, and a pupil described as a friend of the accused alerted the girls.

Causal attribution. Single origin: Cadena 3's report and delegate interviews.

  • cadena3.com(opens in new tab) supports · Spanish
    las imágenes afectaron a estudiantes de primero a quinto año, con edades de entre 12 y 18 años
  • cadena3.com(opens in new tab) supports · Spanish
    La delegada que habló con Cadena 3 describió a quien dio el aviso como un amigo del alumno señalado

Sources

3 sources inspected, from 2 underlying accounts. Sources that repeat one account do not corroborate each other.

How the sources were read, and where the events happened

Spanish body read and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-10; no human translator or reviewer read the text. Cadena 3 (Córdoba radio network) report of Friday 9 October 2026 with its own interviews with two student delegates and a psychologist; HTTP 200, fetched directly; audio segments not listened to. Applies to s1.

Spanish body read and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-10; no human translator or reviewer read the text. Contexto Tucumán report of 9 October 2026 relaying the report of journalist Mariana Romero (Tendencia de Noticias) and quoting the school's communiqué to families; HTTP 200, fetched directly. Applies to s2.

Spanish body read and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-10; no human translator or reviewer read the text. El Tucumano report of 9 October 2026 citing journalist Carlos Rosznercki, who cites Mariana Romero (Tendencia de Noticias), and the school's communiqué; same reporting chain as s2; HTTP 200, fetched directly. Applies to s3.

Event countries: Argentina. Affected-person countries: Argentina. Court countries: Unknown.

The school is in the locality of San Pablo, department of Lules, Tucumán province, Argentina (El Tucumano; Cadena 3 places it near the provincial capital), where the images circulated among its pupils and the sit-ins took place; the affected girls are pupils there. No court is involved.

Reviewed for publication 2026-10-10: Published as a core case on three Spanish-language reports of 9 October 2026 from two reporting chains: Cadena 3's own interviews with student delegates, and the Tendencia de Noticias report with the school's communiqué relayed by Contexto Tucumán and El Tucumano. The students allege that a classmate generated about 280 AI images placing their faces on naked bodies, which circulated in WhatsApp groups and were sold, and the school acknowledged parents' concern about AI-altered photographs and videos; the students held sit-ins on 8 and 9 October 2026. All claims are attributed, the accused pupil and the girls are unnamed, the school is not named in this record, and no authority has yet confirmed the account.

People described

Girls at a secondary school in San Pablo, Tucumán province, described by student delegates as pupils from first to fifth year aged 12 to 18, whose faces were, according to the students' complaint, placed by AI on naked bodies in about 280 images that circulated in WhatsApp groups; not named

People reported harmed in this case

Not reliably quantifiable from the sources

No source gives a count of depicted girls. Cadena 3 reports that pupils from first to fifth year aged 12 to 18 were affected and that third-year pupils were the most affected; 280 is a number of images, not of people. Both numeric fields are zero placeholders. The accused pupil used the tool against others, so participant_users_affected_min is 0.

Counted once within this case. The same person may appear in other cases. This count does not establish AI causation.

Tags

#ai_nude_images#school#whatsapp#argentina#sexual_image_abuse

Cite this case

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APA

NOPE. (2026). Tucumán, Argentina: schoolgirls allege a classmate made about 280 AI nude images of them that spread on WhatsApp and were sold; sit-in protests 8 and 9 Oct 2026. AI incidents. https://nope.net/incidents/2026-tucuman-san-pablo-secondary-school-ai-nude-images-of-schoolgirls-alleged-sit-in-protests

BibTeX

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  title = {Tucumán, Argentina: schoolgirls allege a classmate made about 280 AI nude images of them that spread on WhatsApp and were sold; sit-in protests 8 and 9 Oct 2026},
  author = {NOPE},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {AI incidents},
  url = {https://nope.net/incidents/2026-tucuman-san-pablo-secondary-school-ai-nude-images-of-schoolgirls-alleged-sit-in-protests}
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