AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Police alert families to threatening AI ‘Cat in the Hat’ school posts
Police agencies are warning parents about AI-made “Cat in the Hat” school-threat posts that triggered investigations, added security, a closure and reported juvenile arrests, the New York Post reports. The social-media trend uses generated or doctored images of someone dressed as the famous children’s character. Some clips reportedly show the character making threatening statements about […] The post Police alert families to threatening AI ‘Cat in the Hat’ school posts appeared first on American Almanac .
Police agencies are warning parents about AI-made “Cat in the Hat” school-threat posts that triggered investigations, added security, a closure and reported juvenile arrests, the New York Post reports . The social-media trend uses generated or doctored images of someone dressed as the famous children’s character. Some clips reportedly show the character making threatening statements about certain schools or communities. Law-enforcement agencies from Georgia to Virginia issued public warnings as the content spread. Police and school leaders then faced the costly task of deciding whether an AI-made post represented a real danger. Louisville Metro Police said investigators found “no credible threat associated with these posts.”…Open