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Incident 675: Racist and Antisemitic Deepfake Audio Mimicking School Principal Fabricated by Athletic Director

Description: The athletic director of Pikesville High School in Baltimore used AI to create a deepfake audio clip that mimicked the school principal, incorporating racist and antisemitic remarks. The clip, aimed at discrediting the principal, spread widely, resulting in threats and administrative leave for the principal.

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Alleged: Unknown deepfake technology developer developed an AI system deployed by Dazhon Darien, which harmed Eric Eiswert , Pikesville High School , Pikesville High School students and staff and Baltimore County Public Schools community.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
675
Report Count
4
Incident Date
2024-01-15
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MIT

MIT Taxonomy Classifications

Machine-Classified
Taxonomy Details

Risk Subdomain

A further 23 subdomains create an accessible and understandable classification of hazards and harms associated with AI
 

4.3. Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation

Risk Domain

The Domain Taxonomy of AI Risks classifies risks into seven AI risk domains: (1) Discrimination & toxicity, (2) Privacy & security, (3) Misinformation, (4) Malicious actors & misuse, (5) Human-computer interaction, (6) Socioeconomic & environmental harms, and (7) AI system safety, failures & limitations.
 
  1. Malicious Actors & Misuse

Entity

Which, if any, entity is presented as the main cause of the risk
 

Human

Timing

The stage in the AI lifecycle at which the risk is presented as occurring
 

Post-deployment

Intent

Whether the risk is presented as occurring as an expected or unexpected outcome from pursuing a goal
 

Intentional

Incident Reports

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Incident Occurrence+3
School Employee Arrested After Racist Deepfake Recording of Principal Spreads
School Employee Arrested After Racist Deepfake Recording of Principal Spreads

School Employee Arrested After Racist Deepfake Recording of Principal Spreads

nytimes.com

Baltimore high school athletic director used AI to create fake racist recording of principal, authorities say

Baltimore high school athletic director used AI to create fake racist recording of principal, authorities say

msn.com

Baltimore high school athletic director used AI to create fake racist audio of principal: Police

Baltimore high school athletic director used AI to create fake racist audio of principal: Police

abcnews.go.com

Baltimore principal’s racist rant was an AI fake. His colleague was arrested.

Baltimore principal’s racist rant was an AI fake. His colleague was arrested.

washingtonpost.com

School Employee Arrested After Racist Deepfake Recording of Principal Spreads
nytimes.com · 2024

A high school athletic director in the Baltimore area was arrested on Thursday after the police said he used artificial intelligence software to manufacture a racist and antisemitic audio clip that impersonated the school's principal.

Dazho…

Baltimore high school athletic director used AI to create fake racist recording of principal, authorities say
msn.com · 2024

A Baltimore high school athletic director was arrested and charged Thursday with using artificial intelligence to impersonate a principal on a voice recording that included derogatory comments about students and staff, authorities said.

Daz…

Baltimore high school athletic director used AI to create fake racist audio of principal: Police
abcnews.go.com · 2024

Police arrested a Baltimore high school athletic director Thursday after they said they discovered he allegedly used artificial intelligence to create a phony audio recording of the school's principal that went viral and cost the school lea…

Baltimore principal’s racist rant was an AI fake. His colleague was arrested.
washingtonpost.com · 2024

The 42-second voice recording, purportedly of a Maryland high school principal in the midst of a racist rant, derided Black students as "ungrateful" and unable to "test their way out of a paper bag."

"I'm just so sick of the inadequacies of…

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