Photographer Warns Parents That Using AI for Kids’ School Photos Could Put Children at Risk

More parents are turning to AI to create their children’s school photos or remove watermarks from existing images to avoid paying photographers. However, one photographer has warned that the growing trend is illegal and could compromise their children’s online safety.

“It’s quite obvious now that people have started to feed these through the AI engines,” award-winning photographer Victoria Welton tells Sky News. “Not only are they stealing from the photographers but also, and probably more importantly, they’re putting these children at risk because who knows where these platforms are going to use these pictures.”