Norwegian Student Reportedly Used AI-Generated Deepfake Videos in Spanish Coursework at University of South-Eastern Norway
August 2, 2024
A student at the University of South-Eastern Norway reportedly submitted multiple deepfake videos for Spanish coursework, featuring an AI-generated likeness and synthetic voice. Faculty reportedly noted unnatural facial movements and inconsistent language ability. The case was reportedly ruled academic misconduct, resulting in annulled grades and a year-long suspension, marking one of Norway's first confirmed deepfake-related cheating cases.
- Alleged deployer
- unnamed-university-of-south-eastern-norway-student
- Alleged developer
- unknown-deepfake-technology-developers, unknown-voice-cloning-technology-developers
- Alleged harmed parties
- university-of-south-eastern-norway, universitetet-i-sorost-norge, epistemic-integrity, academic-integrity
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1245
Data source
Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).
When citing the database as a whole, please use:
McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.
Pre-print on arXiv · Database snapshots & citation guide
We use weekly snapshots of the AIID for stable reference. For the official suggested citation of a specific incident, use the “Cite this incident” link on each incident page.