A photo showing a Texas high school on fire that sparked concern among the community was generated by artificial intelligence, local authorities said — and experts are now emphasizing the necessity for schools to be “better prepared” to address the potential threats of AI-generated images.
Officials in Bellaire, Texas, emphasized that there was no fire at Bellaire High School, although the fire department was called to the school on Monday when a fire alarm went off. “We want to clarify that there is NO fire at Bellaire High School,” the Bellaire Police Department said in a statement on Monday.
The incident occurred on Monday morning just as students were arriving to Bellaire High School for the day when the “fire alarm sounded due to what was later determined to be a freon leak,” the Houston Independent School District said in a statement to ABC News.
