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Where automated decisions went wrong

Incidents gathered from public reporting around the world. Each one links to the articles it came from. None of it is a finding that anyone broke the law.

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68 incidents closest to “Quizlet Teacher” · matched on meaning · public reporting

Police investigate deepfake videos targeting Grainville School staff

A TikTok account impersonating Grainville School in Jersey posted five deepfake videos of staff members. The Education Minister confirmed the incident was reported to TikTok and the States of Jersey Police, and the account has been removed. The minister urged people not to share the content and said safeguarding measures were being reinforced. The school has not commented.

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WF-QY8DEQ26 Jun 2025

Hanoi students caught using AI to cheat in graduation exam

Two students in Hanoi used mobile phones to photograph questions from the national high school graduation exam and submitted them to AI apps like StudyX, Gemini, and ChatGPT for answers. Proctors detected the cheating, and the students were suspended. Hanoi police are investigating the incident, which has raised concerns about exam security and integrity. The students face disqualification and possible administrative or criminal penalties.

AI system involved
StudyX, Gemini, ChatGPT

2 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-R36DDB15 May 2023

Texas A&M Professor Uses ChatGPT to Falsely Accuse Students of Cheating

Jared Mumm, an instructor at Texas A&M University–Commerce, used ChatGPT to check if students' writing was AI-generated, leading him to accuse them of using the chatbot. He informed students they would receive an incomplete grade and those deemed guilty would get a zero, causing distress and temporarily withholding one student's diploma. The university investigated and stated that no students failed or were barred from graduating, and the professor is working individually with students to resolve the issue.

Company involved
Texas A&M University–Commerce
AI system involved
ChatGPT

5 source articles · read the reporting →

Hangzhou No. 11 Middle School installs facial recognition system to monitor students

Hangzhou No. 11 Middle School has deployed a smart classroom behaviour management system, developed with Hikvision, that uses facial recognition to take attendance and analyse students' expressions and behaviour. The system alerts teachers when students appear inattentive. The school says it records only behavioural state information, not video, and that it will be installed in all classes. Some people have raised privacy concerns.

Company involved
杭州第十一中学
AI system involved
智慧课堂行为管理系统

10 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-EF57BQ1 Jan 2019

Beijing school uses Hanwang emotion recognition system to monitor student behaviour

Niulanshan First Secondary School in Beijing has installed Hanwang Technology's Classroom Care System, which photographs students every second and analyses their facial expressions and behaviour. The system sends weekly reports to teachers and parents, and one student was described as low participation in English class despite being recorded as focused 94% of the time. The school has been highlighted in a report by Article 19, which says such emotion recognition tools rely on junk science and risk eroding privacy and human rights.

Company involved
Niulanshan First Secondary School
AI system involved
Classroom Care System

10 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-XQL7UV26 Feb 2026

Lake Zurich High School students used AI to generate explicit images of female classmates

In February 2026, students at Lake Zurich High School used artificial intelligence to generate sexually explicit images of female classmates without their consent. The school district acknowledged the incident and notified police, who are investigating. More than 40 girls from fifth grade to high school were reportedly affected. The school provided support and issued disciplinary consequences, while the police investigation continues.

Company involved
Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-PZC5LA1 Jan 2020

EEOC sues iTutorGroup for automated rejection of older tutor applicants

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleges that tutoring provider iTutorGroup programmed its recruitment software automatically to reject female applicants aged 55 or older and male applicants aged 60 or older. More than 200 qualified US-based applicants were denied work in 2020. The EEOC has filed a lawsuit in the Eastern District of New York seeking back pay and damages.

Company involved
iTutorGroup

10 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-1ANCLD30 Oct 2024

Character.ai hosts chatbots of deceased teenagers Molly Russell and Brianna Ghey

Chatbots impersonating Molly Russell and Brianna Ghey were found on the Character.ai platform. The Molly Rose Foundation called it a 'sickening' failure of moderation. Character.ai deleted the chatbots after being alerted and said it takes safety seriously.

Company involved
Character.ai
AI system involved
Character.ai

4 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-L1LKDO1 Mar 2021

China's vocational school students exploited as data annotators for AI

Vocational schools in China force students to work as data annotators for AI companies, paying subminimum wages and taking commissions. Students like Lucy in Shandong spent months labeling data for autonomous driving and content moderation systems, with little learning or career advancement. The practice continues despite new regulations.

2 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-W8MY6X1 Sep 2020

Middle schooler beats Edgenuity grading algorithm to get perfect score

A seventh-grade student in the Los Angeles Unified School District received a failing grade on a history assignment graded by Edgenuity's automated scoring algorithm. With help from his mother, a history professor, he reverse-engineered the algorithm by writing a paragraph with relevant keywords and a jumble of words, earning a perfect score. The incident highlights concerns about the accuracy and fairness of automated grading systems in education.

Company involved
Los Angeles Unified School District
AI system involved
Edgenuity

10 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-IL3CFJ1 Jul 2020

ProctorU data breach exposes 444,000 user records

ProctorU, an online exam proctoring service, confirmed a data breach after a threat actor leaked a database of user records on a hacker forum. The database contained email addresses, names, addresses, phone numbers, and hashed passwords for approximately 444,000 users, including students from universities such as UCLA, Princeton, and Harvard, as well as U.S. military members. ProctorU stated that the breach involved records from 2014 and that they are investigating the incident.

Company involved
ProctorU
AI system involved
ProctorU

8 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-PEFP2L8 Sep 2020

Proctorio's exam proctoring system allows human agents to review student feeds despite privacy claims

A security researcher analyzed Proctorio's Chrome extension and found evidence that the system allows human agents to review students' room scans and live ID checks, contrary to Proctorio's claims that only professors can access recordings. The system flags students based on behavioral metrics and can terminate exams. The researcher also raised concerns about discrimination against low-income students and privacy violations.

Company involved
Proctorio
AI system involved
Proctorio

10 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-SD7T9128 Sep 2020

Student flagged by ProctorU for reading aloud during exam

A college student, Dana Jo, was flagged by ProctorU test proctoring software for talking during an exam, which she says was reading a question aloud. Her professor initially gave her a zero and placed an academic infraction on her record, jeopardizing her scholarships. After reviewing a video recording, the professor apologized, reinstated her grade, and removed the infraction. ProctorU's CEO stated that the incident highlights the importance of video recordings for review.

Company involved
University (not named)
AI system involved
ProctorU

5 source articles · read the reporting →

Facial recognition trialled in Australian schools to mark attendance

Five Australian schools are trialling a facial recognition system from LoopLearn to automate student attendance. The system scans students' faces and sends attendance data to an app. Privacy experts have raised concerns about data security and surveillance. The Victorian government previously tried to stop the trial due to privacy risks.

Company involved
Clarendon College
AI system involved
LoopLearn

10 source articles · read the reporting →

Dartmouth Medical School charges 17 students with cheating based on tracking system.

Dartmouth College's Geisel School of Medicine charged 17 students with cheating on remote exams during the pandemic. The charges were based on secret tracking of student activity on the learning management system. Critics say the system is prone to errors and inappropriate for monitoring students.

Company involved
Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine

10 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-XO6C6612 Jul 2021

Userviz machine-learning aimbot shut down after Activision request

A developer known as User101 shut down the Userviz cheat after Activision requested that he stop developing it. The software used computer vision and machine learning to automate aiming in games such as Call of Duty: Warzone, and was marketed as undetectable. It was never published, and the developer said his intention was not to do anything illegal.

Company involved
User101
AI system involved
Userviz

7 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-3NJL6T1 Jan 2016

Buona Scuola algorithm mistakenly assigned thousands of teachers in Italy

In 2016, the Buona Scuola algorithm, used by the Italian Ministry of Education, mistakenly assigned thousands of teachers to wrong professional destinations based on mobility rankings. The system was later discontinued. The incident is reported in the Automating Society Report 2020.

Company involved
Italian Ministry of Education
AI system involved
Buona Scuola algorithm

10 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-ARIFZJ13 Jul 2011

DCPS used allegedly false test scores in teacher value-added evaluations

The District of Columbia Public Schools used student test scores from schools under investigation for cheating in value-added calculations for teacher evaluations. More than 200 teachers were terminated based on these evaluations. Teachers can appeal their ratings to the chancellor, but decisions will not be made before the next school year. The school system removes affected scores only when cheating is confirmed.

Company involved
District of Columbia Public Schools
AI system involved
value-added model

10 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-JAFZJY1 Mar 2025

South Korea's AI textbook program rolled back after complaints

South Korea's Ministry of Education launched AI-powered digital textbooks in March 2025 for math, English, and computer science. Students, teachers, and parents complained about technical problems, inaccuracies, and data privacy risks. After four months, the textbooks were stripped of official status and made optional. The program was criticized for being rushed and insufficiently tested.

Company involved
South Korean Ministry of Education
AI system involved
AI-powered textbooks

7 source articles · read the reporting →

Meta removes AI chatbots imitating Hitler, Jesus and Taylor Swift

NBC News found dozens of user-generated AI chatbots on Meta's platforms that appeared to violate Meta's policies, including characters imitating Hitler, Jesus Christ, Taylor Swift and other public figures. Meta said the violative AIs had been removed and that it was improving detection. The chatbots had exchanged hundreds of thousands of messages with users. Some characters also engaged in romantic or sexual roleplay.

Company involved
Meta
AI system involved
AI Studio

4 source articles · read the reporting →

Answer.AI tests Devin and reports 14 failures in 20 tasks

Answer.AI's team tested Devin, an autonomous AI coding assistant, on 20 real-world tasks over a month. Devin succeeded in only 3 tasks, failed 14, and was inconclusive in 3. The team found Devin often produced overly complex or hallucinated solutions and could not recognize fundamental blockers. They ultimately decided to stick with tools that allow more human control.

AI system involved
Devin

5 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-EA6R453 Jan 2023

New York City Department of Education blocks ChatGPT on school devices

The New York City Department of Education blocked access to the AI chatbot ChatGPT on school devices and networks, citing concerns about negative impacts on student learning and the safety and accuracy of content. The ban applies to all students and teachers on education department devices and internet networks. Individual schools can still request access for studying the technology. The move is the nation's largest school system's response to the arrival of ChatGPT.

Company involved
New York City Department of Education
AI system involved
ChatGPT

9 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-TT1WEC30 Sep 2020

UIUC students petition to stop Proctorio exam proctoring over privacy concerns

A petition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) alleges that Proctorio, an online exam proctoring system, violates student privacy by accessing websites, downloads, screen content, and app settings. The petition claims the terms of service allow monitoring by 'any other means necessary', which students find unsettling. The petition, created on September 30, 2020, gathered 1,087 supporters but does not report any specific incident of harm. It calls on UIUC to discontinue use of Proctorio in favour of alternatives.

Company involved
UIUC
AI system involved
Proctorio

9 source articles · read the reporting →

Beverly Hills middle school students used AI to generate nude images of classmates

Students at Beverly Vista Middle School in Beverly Hills, California, allegedly used AI to generate nude images by superimposing classmates' faces onto artificially generated naked bodies. The school district launched an investigation and warned that students responsible face expulsion. A student told NBC4 that peers were scared explicit photos would be shown. The school is working with police.

Company involved
Beverly Hills Unified School District

8 source articles · read the reporting →

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