A male university student in his 20s was arrested on suspicion of defamation for processing images of female track and field athletes obtained on the Internet to make them appear naked and posting them on social media. The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the use of 'deepfake' technology, which uses AI to create fake images that are so clever that they are indistinguishable from the real thing.
The person who was sent the documents was a male university student in his 20s living in Aichi Prefecture.
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, in March, she was suspected of defamation for posting an image of a female track and field athlete obtained on the Internet to make her look naked, and an image of another athlete with obscene comments on social media.
It is believed that it was synthesized with another person's naked image using "deepfake" technology that uses AI to create a fake image that is so clever that it is indistinguishable from the real thing.
In response to the investigation, he admitted to the charges and said, "I did it to satisfy my own desires, and I didn't think it would be such a big deal."
It is said that about 3 images of women such as female track and field athletes were found from the smartphone of a university student, and the Metropolitan Police Department thought that about 70 images processed in the same way were posted on SNS, and we are investigating the history.