A physical education teacher and former academic director of a Baltimore County high school has been arrested and charged with using an AI voice cloning service to frame the school’s principal

The Baltimore Banner reports that Baltimore County policy believes a recording that circulates on social mediaA in January with pointed audio of Pickesville High School principal Eric Eisewert making track and antagonistic comments were faked Experts hold

The Baltimore Banner and policy that records, which briefly results in Eiwert’s suspension, has a “flat tone, unused clean background sounds,” and “Rock of consistent breaking sounds or pauses.”

Baltimore County policy tracked the recording to Dazhon Darien, a form aesthetic director at the school who name was also mentioned in the audio clip “To access OpenAI tools and Microsoft Bing Chat services,”

As repOrted by WBAL-TV 11 and NBC News He was also linked to the audio’s release via an email address and associated recovery phone number

It is not clear what AI voice platform Darien Allegedly used The policy arrived Darien on Thursday at the airport and

Said in a statement, “It’s believed Mr. Darien, w””Ho was an Athletic Director at Pikesville High School, making the recording to retain against Mr. Eisewert who at the time was promoting an investment into the potential mishandling of school funds.” He has been released after posting bail and faces charges including theft (for the issue with Scho)OL funds), disrupting the operations of a school, retention against a witness, and stacking

Over the past year, interest in AI powered voice cloning technology has grown as the services get better at sounding more human But these apps have also gotten people into hot water The political party of Imran Khan, the jailed form prime minister of Pakistan, used ElevenLabs, a popular commercially available text to voice generation platform, to

Replicate his voice during the campaign Two Texas companies were linked to a fake robot reservation to be President Joe Biden

Telling people not to vote The Federal Communications Commission Banned the use of AI robots in February And of course,

The fake Drake used AI to create the song “Heart on My Sleep.” In this framework environment, OpenAI decided in March to hold

Its AI text to voice generation platform, Voice Engine, from public use The Service, which only requires a 15-minute audio clip to clone someone’s voice, is only available to a limited number of researchers due to the lake of guards around the technology

US lawmakers have filed, but not yet passed, several bills like the No Fakes Act and the No AI Fraud Act

That seek to Prevent technology companies from using an individual’s face, voice, or name without their permission

Update, April 25th: Clarified that Pikesville High School is in the city of Pikesville in Baltimore County, Maryland, and added details about Darien and Thursday’s Arrest

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