How an Athletic Director Exploited AI to Frame a Principal with Fabricated Racist Comments


by @KnowBe4

@KnowBe4— In an unsettling turn of events, a high school athletic director in Maryland is accused of using artificial intelligence (AI) in a morally horrible manner.

FOX News—Disgruntled athletic director accused of framing principal with AI-generated racist, antisemitic recording. A Maryland high school athletic director was arrested after he allegedly used artificial intelligence (AI) to create racist and antisemitic audio in the voice of his boss, officials said Thursday. Dazhon Darien, 31, an athletic director at Pikesville High School, allegedly made the recording to retaliate against his boss, Pikesville Principal Eric Eiswert, who was pursuing an investigation into Darien's potential mishandling of school funds, authorities said. At a press conference on Thursday,...

Fortune—An athletic director used AI to fake a high school principal’s racist tirade, and police say state laws need to catch up. One of the charges “only carries a 6-month sentence,” said the Baltimore County state's attorney.

Zero Hedge—Disgruntled School Employee Uses AI To Frame Principal With Racist Rant. Disgruntled School Employee Uses AI To Frame Principal With Racist Rant A disgruntled ex-athletics director at a northern Baltimore County Public School used artificial intelligence to impersonate the voice of his boss, the high school's principal, then posted the racist and antisemitic hate rant on social media to share with the world. Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough told reporters his investigators worked with FBI agents and experts from the University of...