West Point cadet booted from Army after using AI to create nude image of woman

[rangerrebew]

West Point cadet booted from Army after using AI to create nude image of woman
By Eve Sampson
 Feb 27, 2026, 10:27 AM
 
Cayden Cork was convicted of one specification of extortion and one specification of indecent conduct. (Mel Evans/AP)

A West Point cadet used artificial intelligence to create a nude image of a woman and threatened to release it if she did not respond with explicit photos. In return, he received a general court-martial that ended with his dismissal from the Army.

During a judge-alone trial at West Point earlier this month, former cadet Cayden Cork pleaded guilty to charges tied to the manipulated image and his extortion attempt, according to the Army.


A charge sheet provided by the United States Military Academy alleges that in 2024 Cork used AI to alter a publicly-available photo of the victim, creating a fake image that looked like the victim, posed without clothes. It says that Cork later called and texted the victim, asking her “how accurate is this?”

The charge sheet alleges that in September of that year, he threatened to make a doctored image public if she did not heed his request to “send an ass pic.”

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[rangerrebew]

If he actually knows what a woman is and looks like, he should run for democrat party chairman and educate everyone else.  In all seriousness, charging him for knowing what a woman looks like is like charging someone with murder when there is no body.

[Cyber Liberty]

As well he should be!  This is more serious than a violation of the Honor Code!