Hong Kong student warned AI porn case is ‘not closed' despite formal apology
In a statement issued on Thursday, its second within five days in response to the controversy, HKU stressed that the warning letter to the student and his formal apology were 'not a closure to the case'.
'The male student expressed deep remorse for his actions and has voluntarily withdrawn from a year-long overseas academic exchange programme in the upcoming school year,' the statement read.
'The university will cooperate with law enforcement agencies and will continue to further review the case, taking further action when appropriate.'
The case first came to light in mid-February when a friend of the law student discovered pornographic images of multiple women on the student's personal laptop.
Upon questioning, he admitted to generating the images using free online AI software, based on publicly available photos and screenshots sourced from social media.
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