Description: In October 2024, Alaska’s Education Commissioner Deena Bishop allegedly used generative AI to draft a school cellphone policy, resulting in reportedly fabricated citations of non-existent studies. The document, which did not disclose AI use, was shared with the state Board of Education, and despite reported corrections, AI-generated errors remained in the final resolution.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Unspecified large language model developers developed an AI system deployed by Alaska Department of Education and Early Development and Deena Bishop, which harmed Alaskan education policymakers , Alaskan students , Alaskan parents of students , Alaskan education system and Alaska Board of Education members.
Alleged implicated AI system: Unspecified large language models
Incident Stats
Incident ID
915
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2024-10-28
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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The state’s top education official relied on generative artificial intelligence to draft a proposed policy on cellphone use in Alaska schools, which resulted in a state document citing supposed academic studies that don’t exist.
The documen…
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