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Maya Yang

Baltimore teacher accused of using AI to create fake, racist recording of principal

The Pikesville high school sign on the school property.
The Pikesville high school sign on the school property. Photograph: Lloyd Fox/AP

A high school athletics director suspected of using artificial intelligence to create a fake, racist recording of a principal in Baltimore has been arrested by police.

Police arrested 31-year-old Dazhon Darien of Pikesville high school on Thursday after an investigation into an AI-generated recording which featured the duplicated voice of the school’s principal, Eric Eiswert. Officers allege that Eiswert was investigating Darien in connection with the potential mishandling of school funds when the latter man purportedly created the recording.

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