Students of Richland School District in Cambria County, Pennsylvania Allegedly Used AI to Generate Obscene Images of Other Students

November 14, 2024

Investigation Launched: Secondary students in Richland School District, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, are under scrutiny for utilizing AI to generate and distribute obscene images of fellow students. The incident was brought to the attention of school administrators on November 14, 2024, prompting an immediate investigation.

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MAP 4.1 — similarity 0.635, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
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Alleged deployer: richland-school-district-students
Alleged developer: unknown-deepfake-technology-developers
Alleged harmed parties: richland-school-district-students

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/887

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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