‘Cheating scandal’ in Purdue class sparks debate over AI’s place in college
Chaos ensued after a “cheating scandal” that blew up on social media over the weekend and caught the attention of students on campus and others beyond.
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Reform deputy leader accused of using AI picture of campaign event
Extra fingers, melted faces and jumbled signs. It is not your average group of political canvassers. Reform UK’s deputy ...
CEO of AI $1.5 Billion Startup Accused of Massive Fraud by Justice Department
"The defendants exploited investor excitement over the AI boom and presented a rosy financial outlook to investors and ...
A novelist was accused of using AI. Why the literary world is still grappling with guardrails
The recent cancelling of a horror novelist's book demonstrates the conundrum that literary professionals face as they comb through every pitch, query letter and manuscript lobbed their way: how do you separate the proverbial wheat from the AI-generated chaff, and what happens if you get it wrong?
Wayne County attorney accused of making CSAM of relatives presumably used AI software
A Metro Detroit attorney is being held on a $1 million bond Wednesday night accused of disturbing behavior, including being in possession of child pornography.
Pa. coach's attorney accused of using AI citations after $293K verdict
Sanctions are being sought against the attorney for a former Montoursville Area High School assistant baseball coach who lost ...
Show HN: I built a blogging platform (5 years in, struggling with distribution)
A bit of context…I've been building https://blogmaker.app since April 2021, 5 years now. The launch tweet: https://x.com/BlogmakerApp/status/1383742023627247630I had built it initially as a personal challenge to see if I could have a working product for 20 hours worth of work, and I did it. This was way before AI tools.A few months later, I included a Stripe button and the first payment came immediately in.In September 2022 I decided to focus (give up my c
Ask HN: People who moved away from tech business/career, what do you do?
20 years ago when I was choosing my career, I was thinking that it is so amazing that I can build digital things to help people and companies with their day to day lives. Little I knew that tech progress has probably peaked at around early 2000s.After that, tech mainly became grifting and scamming for as much money as possible. Between companies that raise absurd amounts of money for a pin that is your "friend"; companies that use open source as GTM (grift-to-market) strategy in order
Ask HN: Does Syntax Highlighting Help?
Given the fact that famous programmers like Ken Thompson, Linus Torvalds, Rob Pike, etc. don’t use syntax highlighting, I was wondering if syntax highlighting helps in writing better code, understanding faster the structure of the code or it is just a distraction and is better to read and write code without syntax highlighting?
Show HN: DialtoneApp Network, card payments for bot commerce
We started with a simple question.Can a bot buy a DialtoneApp membership?We looked at Stripe machine payments, Skyfire, Crossmint, Worldpay, Google Universal Commerce Protocol, MCP, A2A, and a bunch of other new agent payment ideas. There is a lot of good work happening. The whole space is moving fast, and it feels like the early web again, except now the user agent may actually be an agent. (ha!)Trying to get bot allowed merchant account credit card processor (that's not crypto) is like th
News organizations reconsider ties to AI company Nota after plagiarism findings
The Boston Globe told staff to stop using Nota’s AI tools; other outlets say the company still lists them as clients after they walked away
From plagiarism to study aids to avoidance, here’s how some students are integrating AI tools into their education
Nariah Farrar was in seventh grade when AI tools went mainstream in schools. With AI embedded in common social media apps like Snapchat, talk among her peers promised an intriguing shortcut for ...
EssayPro Review & Best Alternatives: A Comprehensive Guide for 2025
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Mary Ann Sieghart: Why are women still taken less seriously than men?
Women are routinely underestimated, overlooked, interrupted, talked over or mistaken for someone more junior at the workplace. Author Mary Ann Sieghart calls this the "authority gap" — all the ways women are (still) taken less seriously than men, despite proven competence and expertise. She explains how we can close this pernicious gap and why e...
John Laurinaitis Accused Of Using AI Photo To Fake Autograph Signing
Fans are accusing former WWE executive John Laurinaitis of using AI to fake a photo from his recent autograph signing. After Janel Grant dropped him as a defendant in her ongoing civil lawsuit against Vince McMahon and WWE, the company’s former Executive Vice President of Talent Relations, John Laurinaitis, recently made his first public appearance. […] The post John Laurinaitis Accused Of Using AI Photo To Fake Autograph Signing appeared first on Wrestlezone.
Man accused of using AI to file false report to Cicero Police
CICERO, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — A 51-year-old man from Mallory has been charged after allegedly using AI to falsify a claim made to the Cicero Police Department. On March 13, 51-year-old Brent Hubbard reached out to the Cicero Police Department through an email addressed to the chief, saying that his vehicle had been damaged by ice […]
Former New Orleans teacher accused of using AI to make fake nude images from social media photos
Former Isidore Newman School teacher Benoit Cransac has been re-arrested as he faces 60 new charges of Unlawful Deepfakes, according to Attorney General Liz Murill’s office.
Southern Indiana man charged with child exploitation, accused of using AI to alter photos
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A southern Indiana man is accused of using artificial intelligence to alter photos of a woman and a ...
Nebraska Supreme Court suspends Omaha attorney over AI use
The Nebraska Supreme Court weighs in on sanctions for an Omaha attorney accused of using AI to write a legal document.
Second Mason teen accused of creating AI nude images of classmates
A 16-year-old Mason student is facing disturbing allegations involving explicit material and AI-generated images of ...