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A geography teacher at Ula Kalsara Qadria High Madrasa in West Bengal created and shared an AI-generated video depicting tigers roaming the school campus. The teacher intended the video as an awareness exercise regarding the dangers of misinformation, but the video went viral on Facebook, causing significant panic among parents and students and resulting in a sharp decline in school attendance. The school administration issued a show-cause notice to the teacher, who subsequently apologized and deleted the content.
A purportedly AI-generated video circulated on Facebook allegedly showing tigers roaming the campus of Ula Kalsara Qadria High Madrasa in Barasat, West Bengal. The video was reportedly created by a geography teacher using AI tools and allegedly led to panic among parents and students, with a sharp drop in attendance. The madrasa reportedly issued a show-cause notice to the teacher, who claimed the video was intended as an awareness exercise.
Domain classification, causal taxonomy, severity scores, and national security assessments were LLM-classified and may contain errors.
AI systems that inadvertently generate or spread incorrect or deceptive information, which can lead to inaccurate beliefs in users and undermine their autonomy. Humans that make decisions based on false beliefs can experience physical, emotional or material harms
The AI was used to generate a highly realistic but false video of tigers on a school campus, which misled parents and students, causing panic and school absenteeism.
Human
Due to a decision or action made by humans
Unintentional
Due to an unexpected outcome from pursuing a goal
Post-deployment
Occurring after the AI model has been trained and deployed
The incident was caused by a human teacher's decision to create and share the video, with the resulting panic being an unintentional and unexpected outcome of an educational goal.
Added categories peak at 2: Minor (Psychological Harm, Indirect)
A school teacher in India created a realistic AI-generated video of tigers on a school campus as a misguided educational tool. The video went viral locally, causing temporary panic and school absenteeism. The incident has negligible national security implications and was resolved through local administrative actions.
The AI system was used as a tool by the geography teacher to generate a specific video based on direct inputs, performing a well-defined function of video generation without autonomous planning or interaction.
Risk Level 3: Limited Risk. The system was used to generate AI-generated content (a deepfake/synthetic video of tigers), which falls under transparency obligations for users interacting with or exposed to AI-generated content.
The AI was used to generate a synthetic, highly realistic video depicting tigers on a school campus, which was then shared on social media.
The report clearly outlines the creator, the tool's output, the platform of dissemination, and the specific real-world consequences (panic and school absenteeism). There is little ambiguity regarding the sequence of events or the teacher's stated intent.
None. The facts are straightforward and uncontested by the parties involved.
Technology
AI Video Generation
Realistic AI generation enabled creation of convincing fake tiger footage.
Social Media Virality
Facebook algorithms allowed rapid dissemination of the video, causing panic.
Human Factors
Teacher Misjudgment
Teacher deployed realistic AI video without considering public panic.
Public Credulity
Guardians and students believed the realistic AI video without verification.
Process and Methods
No Pre-publication Review
No standard review process existed for AI content created by teachers.
Management
Lack of Institutional Policy
Madrasa management had no rules regarding staff using AI tools.
Regulatory Environment
Lack of AI Guidelines
No regional or national regulations governed synthetic media creation.
AI system involved
An AI system was involved, but the reports do not identify it.
Identified by automated extraction; can differ from the alleged developers above.
