{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-04T08:54:31.814Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"buenos-aires","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":1,"minors":1,"coreRelations":1,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2026-buenos-aires-carlos-pellegrini-ai-fake-intimate-images-of-schoolgirls-whatsapp","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'El escándalo de las falsas imágenes íntimas creadas con inteligencia artificial en la Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini escaló hasta el Gobierno nacional.'; 'A más de dos meses de que el horror comenzara a circular en los grupos de WhatsApp de los alumnos de segundo año'; 'La pesadilla para las jóvenes de entre 13 y 14 años salió a la luz a fines de junio.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Todo salió a la luz a fines de junio, cuando varias alumnas de segundo año comenzaron a denunciar la existencia de estos grupos.'; 'descubrir un grupo de WhatsApp en el que sus compañeros compartían packs de imágenes y videos alterados con IA'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'La investigación por la difusión y presunta comercialización de imágenes de alumnas del Colegio Carlos Pellegrini generadas con inteligencia artificial continúa avanzando.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Fake intimate images of female pupils aged 13 and 14, created with artificial intelligence, circulated in the WhatsApp groups of second-year students at the Carlos Pellegrini school, and the case came to light in late June 2026.","causal_attribution":"Reported by three outlets drawing on different accounts (the families and ministry, the victims' testimony, the prosecutor); the girls' ages come from Perfil alone, so the claim stays reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'cuáles fueron las sanciones efectivas contra los estudiantes que manipularon, difundieron y comercializaron el material explícito de sus compañeras.'; 'Ustedes nos pueden delatar, pero no vamos a parar de desnudarlas y venderlas'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Según el testimonio de las víctimas, que eran compañeras de curso, amigas o ex parejas de los acusados, las fotos manipuladas eran ofrecidas en'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the reports, the students involved manipulated, spread and sold the material (offered in packs priced around 1,000 pesos, per the victims' testimony reported by Infobae), and a message on classroom desks told the victims the boys would not stop undressing and selling them.","causal_attribution":"Reported; how and to whom the material was sold is not described."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'El 30 de ese mes, la conducción del Carlos Pellegrini reconoció la existencia de los chats'; 'El pasado 16 de julio presentaron una denuncia formal ante la Unidad Fiscal Especializada en Delitos y Contravenciones Informáticas (UFEDICI) de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.'; 'determinar si las imágenes generadas con IA continúan circulando en redes sociales o sitios de internet, para así bloquear de inmediato su comercialización.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The school acknowledged the chats on 30 June 2026, and the families filed a complaint with the City of Buenos Aires cybercrime prosecution unit (UFEDICI) on 16 July 2026, seeking to trace whether the AI images still circulate so their sale can be blocked.","causal_attribution":"Reported from the families' statement."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'exigió formalmente a la Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) que brinde respuestas claras sobre la falta de protección hacia las alumnas afectadas'; 'la institución sigue sin comunicar una resolución concreta contra los varones involucrados.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"By 1 October 2026 the national Ministry of Human Capital had formally asked the UBA for answers on the lack of protection for the affected pupils and for a detailed report on sanctions, and the families say the school has not communicated a resolution.","causal_attribution":"Reported ministry action and family statement."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Ante una consulta sobre si los involucrados serían alrededor de 50 alumnos, la fiscal respondió que, en principio, esa sería la cantidad que surge de las primeras actuaciones.'; 'Tenemos que determinar si las personas que cometieron estos delitos son punibles'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'La causa es investigada como producción y difusión de imágenes de explotación sexual infantil, y habría 50 menores involucrados en la propagación del material audiovisual.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The UFEDYCI prosecutor said her unit is investigating the production, distribution and alleged sale of the images, that about 50 minors emerge from the first steps of the investigation, and that whether they can be prosecuted must be established.","causal_attribution":"The prosecutor's statements as relayed. Infobae attributes the figure of 50 to the same prosecutor's radio statements, so s2 and s3 are one chain for this claim. 50 is an early figure for people involved, not victims."}],"effects":[{"label":"schoolgirls aged 13 and 14 were depicted in AI-generated fake intimate images that circulated in pupils' WhatsApp groups and were reportedly sold","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.perfil.com/noticias/politica/el-ministerio-de-sandra-pettovello-exigio-explicaciones-a-la-uba-por-las-falsas-fotos-intimas-creadas-con-ia-en-el-carlos-pellegrini.phtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish on 2026-10-04 (HTTP 200). Researcher translation. Cites the families' statement and the Ministry of Human Capital communiqué.","independence_group":"perfil-pellegrini"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/policiales/2026/08/08/nos-pueden-delatar-pero-no-vamos-a-parar-desnudaban-a-sus-companeras-con-ia-y-vendian-sus-fotos-por-packs-de-mil-pesos/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish on 2026-10-04 (HTTP 200). Researcher translation. Infobae's own reporting (byline Matias Chierasco), citing the victims' testimony and the school authorities.","independence_group":"infobae-pellegrini"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.lanacion.com.ar/sociedad/fotos-de-alumnas-de-pellegrini-desnudas-con-ia-investigan-a-unos-50-menores-y-analizan-quienes-son-nid10072026/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish on 2026-10-04 (HTTP 200). Researcher translation. Relays prosecutor Daniela Dupuy's Radio Mitre interview; the broadcast itself was not heard.","independence_group":"ufedyci-prosecutor-dupuy"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["How many pupils were depicted.","Which AI tool was used and who made the images.","How and to whom the images were sold.","The status of the UFEDICI complaint and of any disciplinary sanction beyond the few days' suspension Infobae reported in August.","When the images were first made and shared."],"geography":{"basis":"The images circulated among pupils of the Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the complaint was filed with a City of Buenos Aires prosecution unit. No court proceeding is reported, so court_countries is empty.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["AR"],"affected_person_countries":["AR"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case: according to three outlets drawing on the families, the victims and the prosecutor, AI-generated fake intimate images depicted schoolgirls aged 13 and 14 and circulated among pupils. No pupil is identified; the image content is not described.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-04"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Perfil describes the images as fake intimate images created with artificial intelligence and reports the families' aim of tracing whether the images generated with AI still circulate. The images depicted the pupils (depicted_or_impersonated). The prosecutor told Radio Mitre (relayed by La Nación) that pupils used an AI app that undresses existing photos of classmates; Infobae reported on 8 August that judicial investigators were still working to establish whether the photos were made with AI. The tool used is not reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Buenos Aires: AI-generated fake intimate images of 13- and 14-year-old girls at the Carlos Pellegrini school circulate in pupils' WhatsApp groups; families file a complaint and the national ministry demands answers from the UBA","summary":"Perfil reported on 1 October 2026 that fake intimate images of female pupils, created with artificial intelligence, had circulated in the WhatsApp groups of second-year students at the Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini, a secondary school run by the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). The girls are 13 and 14 years old. The case came to light in late June 2026, and the school acknowledged the chats on 30 June. According to the report, the students involved manipulated, spread and sold the material, and a message on classroom desks told the victims the boys would keep undressing and selling them. Families filed a complaint with the Buenos Aires City cybercrime prosecution unit (UFEDICI) on 16 July and say the school has not concluded disciplinary action. By 1 October the national Ministry of Human Capital had asked the UBA rector for a detailed report on the protective measures and sanctions applied.","incidentDate":"2026-06-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-01","aiSystem":"Artificial intelligence used to create fake intimate images of female pupils, as reported (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Female pupils aged 13 and 14 were depicted in AI-generated fake intimate images that circulated in pupils' WhatsApp groups and were reportedly sold, with a written threat to continue, according to Perfil's report of the families' and the ministry's statements.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"The report refers to the affected pupils in the plural, aged 13 to 14, but gives no number. Unquantified, with zero placeholders.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"AR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.perfil.com/noticias/politica/el-ministerio-de-sandra-pettovello-exigio-explicaciones-a-la-uba-por-las-falsas-fotos-intimas-creadas-con-ia-en-el-carlos-pellegrini.phtml","primarySourceLabel":"Perfil, 1 October 2026: El Ministerio de Sandra Pettovello exigió explicaciones a la UBA por las falsas fotos íntimas creadas con IA","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-04T03:29:23.049757+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T03:29:23.049757+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","ai-generated-imagery","ncii","minor","school","whatsapp","argentina","buenos-aires","spanish-language"]}]}