Chennai: A 34-year-old software engineer has been arrested for creating and sharing AI-generated intimate images of a colleague on social media platforms. He also tagged these images with the location of her house.The 24-year-old married woman, who is also a software engineer, is employed at a private IT firm in Perungalathur. According to police, the issue came to light when the woman’s friend alerted her about explicit posts being shared from a fake Instagram account created in her name. The public posts included images portraying the woman in an inappropriate manner with obscene messages under them. The images were also tagged with her home location.The woman filed a complaint at the Shankar Nagar all-women police station, following which police traced the source to a mobile phone belonging to a resident of Pozhichalur, who worked in the same company as the woman. Investigations revealed that workplace conflicts led the accused to seek revenge. He downloaded the woman’s display pictures from social media, and created intimate images and videos using AI, and created a fake Instagram profile to circulate them. The police arrested the accused and registered multiple charges, including offences related to crimes against women, misuse of social media, and creation and circulation of obscene content.
