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But instead of talking to the student, it showed her taking her clothes off and dancing around in what was either underwear or a bikini.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'WIRED spoke with three other teachers who allege that their students made sexualized photos and videos of them, likely using AI.'","relation":"context","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A staff member at a UK college that trains 16-to-19-year-olds in trades says administrators told her this winter that a student had reported two videos circulating among classmates: one apparently real video of her talking with a student, and a second that appeared to be a manipulated version showing her taking her clothes off and dancing in underwear or a bikini.","causal_attribution":"Her account of what administrators told her; the AI attribution is not established in the reporting."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'She says she had several of those conversations with the student she suspected had created the video. The student denied it when questioned by administrators and soon dropped out of the school.'; '(The college did not respond to WIRED’s request for comment.)'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The student she suspected of creating the video denied it when questioned by administrators and soon dropped out; the college did not respond to WIRED.","causal_attribution":"Who made the video is unresolved: she suspected a student, who denied it."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Afterward, the college gave her permission to step away from the class for a few weeks and took steps to educate students about the danger of creating or distributing deepfakes. But when she returned, she says, the atmosphere had chilled.'; 'It makes me reflect as well on those conversations'; 'It makes you question everything'; 'definitely made me a bit more cautious, a bit more vigilant when it comes to folks.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The college gave her permission to step away from the class for a few weeks and educated students about creating or distributing deepfakes; she says the episode made her question her earlier conversations with the student, that the atmosphere had chilled when she returned, and that it has made her more cautious and vigilant.","causal_attribution":"Her own description of the effect on her; the college's actions are known through her."}],"effects":[{"label":"a manipulated video showing her taking her clothes off was reported to be circulating among students","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"she stepped away from the class for a few weeks and says the atmosphere had chilled on her return and she is now more cautious","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.wired.com/story/teachers-deepfake-ai-students-content/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-10-02 (HTTP 200; WIRED, Caroline Haskins, 24 August 2026); visible text and the page JSON-LD articleBody saved and compared with the 2026-09-30 fetch (article text unchanged). Her account is given in her own words and in WIRED's paraphrase; WIRED identifies her by first name only; the college did not respond to WIRED.","independence_group":"wired-haskins-teachers-deepfakes-2026-08-24"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["work","education","privacy"],"unknowns":["Which college, and where in the UK.","The date, beyond this winter in an August 2026 report.","Who made the manipulated video and with what tool.","How widely the video circulated and whether it was removed.","The college's position; it did not respond to WIRED."],"geography":{"basis":"WIRED says she works for a UK college and that administrators told her a student had reported the videos circulating among his classmates. No nation within the UK, town or college is named. 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She says administrators told her this winter that a student had reported two videos circulating among classmates: one apparently real, showing her talking with a student, and one that appeared to be a manipulated version showing her taking her clothes off and dancing in underwear or a bikini. The student she suspected denied making it when questioned and soon dropped out. The college let her step away from the class for a few weeks and educated students about deepfakes; she says the atmosphere had chilled when she returned and that the episode has made her more cautious. The college did not respond to WIRED.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-08-24","aiSystem":"Unidentified tool suspected of producing what appeared to be a manipulated version of an apparently real video of her; WIRED says the teachers it interviewed allege their students made the content, likely using AI, and the college's response addressed deepfakes; the tool is not named","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool (suspected)","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["psychological_distress","professional_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A manipulated video showing her undressing was reported to be circulating among students; she stepped away from the class for a few weeks, says the atmosphere had chilled on her return and that she is now more cautious with students (her account to WIRED).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One staff member describes being depicted. The student shown in the original conversation video is not described as harmed and is not counted. Exact count 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"GB","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"internal_action","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.wired.com/story/teachers-deepfake-ai-students-content/","primarySourceLabel":"WIRED, 24 August 2026: They Dedicated Their Lives to Teaching. Then the Deepfakes Started (Caroline Haskins)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-02T03:16:41.734192+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-02T03:16:41.734192+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","sexualised-imagery","college","education-staff","harassment","united-kingdom","depicted-or-impersonated","first-person-via-journalist"]}]}