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04/26/2024 at 9:25 p.m.
In the United States, a professor is suspected of having cloned the voice of his director to get him fired. He allegedly made racist and anti-Semitic comments before broadcasting the recording on social networks.
New drift around Artificial Intelligence. An American teacher was arrested by law enforcement in Maryland on suspicion of cloning his principal’s voice to get him fired, according to a report in the newspaper “The Baltimor Banner.”
This former sports director of Pikesville high school in Baltimore was arrested Thursday April 25, 2024 at the airport. According to the police, the 31-year-old suspect managed to borrow the voice of his superior to make racist and anti-Semitic remarks.
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Hate messages against blacks and Jews
AI experts contacted by law enforcement explained that these were “derogatory comments about black students and the surrounding Jewish community.” Our colleagues adding that the professor then broadcast his fake on social networks last January.
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“This not only led to the temporary expulsion of Eric Eiswert from the school, but also triggered a wave of hateful messages on social media and numerous calls to the school,” authorities said in a statement. , deploring “profound repercussions”.
Revenge after a dispute
To carry out his diabolical plan, the thug would have used computers from the school using Microsoft services and tools from Open AI, the designer of Chat GPT. Ultimately, investigators were able to identify the teacher using the email and phone number associated with the account used.
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But why would he have done this? According to authorities, the suspect “made the recording in retaliation against Eric Eiswert who, at the time, was pursuing an investigation into the potential mismanagement of school funds,” we read in a press release.
Released on bail, the teacher was arrested as he prepared to board a plane bound for the city of Houston, Texas. At the time of his arrest, a firearm was on his person. The police officers then realized that an arrest warrant had been issued against him.
