Teacher used AI to fake racist talk by head

A TEACHER has been arrested after he used artificial intelligence (AI) to impersonate the voice of his school’s principal making racist and anti-Semitic comments about students and staff.

Dazhon Darien, a PE teacher and the director of athletics at a high school in Maryland, US was accused of falsifying the voice of principal Eric Eiswert in January.

Mr Darien is said to have used cloning technology to forge an audio clip that made Mr Eiswert sound like he was frustrated with black students and their test-taking abilities, police said.

In the clip, which circulated widely on social media, the voice of what appears to be Mr Eiswert can be heard saying that black students are unable to “test their way out of a paper bag”, according to court documents.

It also went on to express discontentment for Jewish individuals and two Jewish teachers employed at the school who “should never have been hired”.

“We have conclusive evidence that the recording was not authentic,” Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough

said. “It’s been determined the recording was generated through the use of artificial intelligence technology.”

Mr Eiswert had expressed concerns at Mr Darien’s performance, including investigating allegations that he misused school funds. Mr Darien allegedly paid $1,916 (£1,530) for an assistant girls’ football coach, who is said to have been Mr Darien’s roommate.

“This has been a very difficult time for [the] Pikesville High School community, principal Eiswert and his family,” Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent Myriam Rogers said.