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Incident 887: Students of Richland School District in Cambria County, Pennsylvania Allegedly Used AI to Generate Obscene Images of Other Students

Description: The Richland School District (Cambria County, Pennsylvania) released a statement on November 19, 2024 announcing an investigation into "some secondary students" who are alleged to have used AI to "create and electronically distribute obscene images of Richland students." The school administrators became aware of the incident on November 14, 2024.

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Alleged: Unknown deepfake technology developers developed an AI system deployed by , which harmed Richland School District students.
Alleged implicated AI system: Unknown deepfake tools

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Incident ID
887
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2024-11-14
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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MIT

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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

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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

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Incident Occurrence‘Obscene images’ created using AI at Pennsylvania school prompt investigation
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‘Obscene images’ created using AI at Pennsylvania school prompt investigation

‘Obscene images’ created using AI at Pennsylvania school prompt investigation

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‘Obscene images’ created using AI at Pennsylvania school prompt investigation
newsnationnow.com · 2024

CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — The Richland School District has announced that an investigation is underway after students used artificial intelligence (AI) to create “obscene images” of students.

The school said that on Thursday, Nov. 14 the…

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