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US teacher charged with using AI to frame principal with racist audio | Maryland

Dazhon Darien impersonated high school principal in Maryland in clip that quickly spread on social media, police say

A high school athletic director in Maryland has been charged with using artificial intelligence to impersonate a principal on an audio recording that included racist and antisemitic comments, authorities said on Thursday. Using cloning technology, Darien forged an audio clip in which it sounded as if the principal was frustrated with Black students and their test-taking abilities, police wrote. The recording also triggered a wave of hate-filled messages on social media and an inundation of phone calls to the high school’s front office, police said.

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