AI prank prompts callout to Dunedin school

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Police were called to King’s High School after the prank. Photo: Google Maps
Police were called to King’s High School after the prank. Photo: Google Maps
An end-of-year prank at a Dunedin secondary school involving AI-generated images of staff ended with police being called.

Police went to King’s High School about 11.55pm on Tuesday, where they found a group of about 40 boys doing an end-of-year-prank, Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond said.

AI-generated images of staff members were stuck on walls around the school. "Profanity" was also scribbled on the walls.

When police arrived, the group dispersed and police were only able to speak to about 25 of the boys involved. No arrests were made.

King’s rector Nick McIvor said he was advised by a security guard that there were about five cars that seemed be ‘‘driving rashly’’ near the school.

The security guard contacted police and it became a police matter, he said.

 

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