Marin schools probe uses for artificial intelligence

A new post appeared recently in the Larkspur-Corte Madera School District parents online newsletter. It appeared to be a 2024-25 school year welcome letter and video from Brett Geithman, the district superintendent.

Or was it?

“I have to be honest — this really isn’t really me,” a man who looks like Geithman said in a brief video embedded in the post. “It’s my AI-generated avatar. And I can speak over 20 languages.”

The artificial intelligence technology then translated the...