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Corinth School District Educator in Mississippi Allegedly Used AI to Generate CSAM of Students

November 19, 2024

An educator in the Corinth School District, Wilson Jones, was arrested for allegedly using AI to produce child sexual abuse material (CSAM) of students. On January 29th, 2025, a complaint was filed with authorities and a search warrant executed on March 3rd, 2025. The FBI suspects the crime occurred prior to November 19th, 2024. This incident underscores the need for trustworthy AI governance and safe and secure AI practices.

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Alleged deployer
wilson-jones
Alleged developer
unknown-deepfake-technology-developers
Alleged harmed parties
students-of-corinth-school-district-in-mississippi, families-of-students-of-corinth-school-district-in-mississippi

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/990

Data source

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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.

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