# They Built Careers on Trust in the Classroom. Then Students Started Making Deepfakes of Them

Luis DeSantiago was pouring coffee when he learned that someone had turned him into a deepfake. The date was March 12. DeSantiago, a substitute teacher from Los Banos, California, was on shift at his other part-time job when his phone lit up. A coworker behind the counter told him an AI image of him

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| Published | 24 August 2026 |

Source: https://egamers.io/they-built-careers-on-trust-in-the-classroom-then-students-started-making-deepfakes-of-them/