Student representative warns of AI-generated scams targeting sports events
Summary
Student representative Caleb warned the committee that AI-generated videos posing as local sporting events and posted to YouTube are scamming students and community members.
Caleb, the student representative to the School Committee, told members that the district website had posted an item and that students were seeing AI-generated scam videos on YouTube posing as advertisements for school sporting events.
"These are AI-generated scams that have been targeting specifically students online," Caleb said. He urged student-athletes and families to be cautious about clicking links in such videos and to verify event information against official district channels.
Caleb said the school had posted an advisory and encouraged students and families to use the district website or official school accounts to confirm event details.
