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

Occurred
Nov 14, 2024
Published
Nov 20, 2024
Source
AI Incident Database

Summary

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.

Developers

  • Deepfake technology developers

Deployers

  • Richland School District students
  • Students
  • Minors

Harmed parties

  • Richland School District students
  • Students
  • Educational communities
  • Minors

Classification

Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 80%

Rationale: AI-generated obscene images of students constitute synthetic media misuse, classified as deepfake harm.

Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8

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