Educators
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Incident 48220 Report
Vanderbilt Peabody Office's Purportedly ChatGPT-Drafted Message About Michigan State Shooting Reportedly Drew Student Backlash
2023-02-16
On February 16, 2023, Vanderbilt University's Peabody College Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion reportedly sent students a message about the Michigan State University shooting that disclosed it had been drafted or paraphrased using ChatGPT. Students reportedly criticized the message as impersonal and disrespectful in a moment of grief. Peabody later apologized for "poor judgment," and two EDI deans temporarily stepped back during a review.
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AI-Generated Text Detectors Reportedly Misclassified Human and AI-Written Text
2023-01-31
AI-generated text detectors, including OpenAI’s AI Text Classifier, GPTZero, and Originality.ai, were publicly tested in early 2023 and reportedly produced false positives, false negatives, and easy evasion. OpenAI said its classifier identified only 26% of AI-written samples as likely AI-written and falsely labeled 9% of human-written text.
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AllHere's Chatbot 'Ed' Fails and Costs Los Angeles Unified School District $6 Million
2024-07-01
The Los Angeles Unified School District invested up to $6 million in developing the AI chatbot "Ed," meant to provide academic and mental health support for students. The chatbot allegedly failed to meet expectations, and the project collapsed when AllHere, the contracted start-up, faced financial difficulties. Prince George's County Public Schools in Maryland was also affected. Founder Joanna Smith-Griffin was removed as CEO in June 2024 and later arrested on fraud charges.
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Carmel High School Students Reportedly Posted Racist Deepfake Videos Making New York Principal Appear to Threaten Black Students
2023-02-12
At Carmel High School in New York, three students reportedly posted AI-generated deepfake videos on TikTok impersonating George Fischer Middle School principal John Piscitella and a sheriff's-office member making racist slurs and violent threats against Black students. The videos were reported to school officials on February 12, 2023, and parents later criticized the district's communication and safety response.
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Incident 4244 Report
Canadian Universities’ AI Proctoring Tools Reportedly Collected Student Biometric Data Without Adequate Consent
2020-03-09
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian universities reportedly used AI-enabled remote-proctoring tools for online exams. A University of Ottawa project supported by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada found that tools such as Respondus Monitor, ProctorU, ProctorTrack, Proctorio, ProctorExam, and Examity collected student personal or biometric data under conditions not conducive to meaningful consent.
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Corinth School District Educator in Mississippi Allegedly Used AI to Generate CSAM of Students
2024-11-19
An educator in the Corinth School District of Mississippi, Wilson Jones, was arrested for allegedly using AI to generate child sexual abuse material (CSAM) of students. A complaint was filed with the police on January 29th, 2025, and a search warrant was executed on March 3rd, 2025. The FBI allege that the crime was committed sometime on or before November 19th, 2024.
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Vanderbilt Peabody Office's Purportedly ChatGPT-Drafted Message About Michigan State Shooting Reportedly Drew Student Backlash
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Canadian Universities’ AI Proctoring Tools Reportedly Collected Student Biometric Data Without Adequate Consent
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- Incident 48220 Reports
Vanderbilt Peabody Office's Purportedly ChatGPT-Drafted Message About Michigan State Shooting Reportedly Drew Student Backlash
- Incident 4667 Reports
AI-Generated Text Detectors Reportedly Misclassified Human and AI-Written Text