Purported Deepfake Video Circulated Among Students Targets Orrington, Maine Educator
April 22, 2025
The district confirmed the video had no basis in reality and took immediate action to remove it. This incident underscores the need for responsible AI governance and the importance of trustworthy AI in our society. HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM encourages everyone to join efforts in mapping, measuring, and managing such incidents to prevent harm and ensure a safer digital environment.
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- Alleged developer
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- Alleged harmed parties
- unnamed-aos-47-teacher, aos-47-community, general-public-of-orrington-maine
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1156
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.
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