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Tips to write an essay faster (without sacrificing quality)

You know the feeling. You open a blank document, reread the assignment for the fifth time, and somehow an hour disappears ...

‘Help me write’: AI can jump start your kid’s writing, but beware of the dangers | Opinion

Students raise their hands in a classroom. Talking through ideas with humans can help students develop their voice better than using AI does, a college writing instructor said. As I type this, a ...

Ayad Akhtar's 'McNeal' a provocative take on AI and plagiarism

Milwaukee Repertory Theater is opening its renovated studio theater with 'McNeal," from Pulitzer Prize winner and Brookfield ...

Google's 'Project Genie' Is Basically A Huge Plagiarism Tool, So When Will Nintendo's Legal Ninjas Strike?

As highlighted by Kotaku, The Verge's Jay Peters – who has been given early access to the tool – has gleefully posted that he was able to "generate a bunch of Nintendo-inspired games. Including one ...

PlagiarismCheck.org Statistics: Are Plagiarism and AI Misuse in Academia Increasing in 2025?

According to the research, 10-25% is the average of the AI-generated content detected in the submitted texts in 2025 by the TraceGPT checker. In 2024, the number was higher, reaching 16,1-26,1%.

The Human Signature: How StrikePlagiarism.com Detects Authorship and Ghostwriting in the Age of AI

By combining AI detection, authorship profiling, and plagiarism checking, StrikePlagiarism.com enables educational institutions to protect both the quality of education and teaching standards, while ...

Republican governor hopeful accused of using AI in violation of state law

Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany has been accused of using AI in a campaign ad without disclosure, ...

GOG accused of using AI-generated art to promote sale, as job listing indicates they're keen to adopt "AI-assisted development tools"

PC storefront GOG have been accused of using AI-generated art to promote a sale, while a job listing from them emphasises the need to use AI tools.

To avoid accusations of AI cheating, college students turn to AI

On college campuses across the United States, the introduction of generative artificial intelligence has sparked a sort of ...

Boulder man arrested on suspicion of using AI to create nude, sexualized images of children

A man was arrested Friday and accused of using AI to undress and sexualize existing photos of children in one of the first such cases in Boulder County.

Teacher accused of using AI to create an explicit image of students

A former teacher at Northview High School is accused of producing child pornography by manipulating a photo of two former ...

Show HN: ArtCraft AI crafting engine, written in Rust

I've been a photons-on-glass filmmaker for over ten years, and I've been developing ArtCraft for myself, my friends, and my colleagues.All of my film school friends have a lot of ambition, but the production pyramid doesn't allow individual talent to shine easily. 10,000 students go to film school, yet only a handful get to helm projects they want with full autonomy - and almost never at the blockbuster budget levels that would afford the creative vision they want. There's a

Show HN: PolyMCP – Expose Python/TS functions as MCP tools easily

I built PolyMCP to make it trivial to expose existing functions as MCP tools, without rewriting logic or adding much glue code.The goal: take “normal” Python or TypeScript functions and instantly make them usable by MCP clients (Claude Desktop, agents, Ollama, etc.).Python examplefrom polymcp.polymcp_toolkit import expose_toolsdef greet(name: str) -> str: """Say hello.""" return f"Hello, {name}!"def add(a: int, b: int) -> int: "&quot

Looking for someone to take over / acquire an early AI infra product (Rayrift)

Hey people, I’m in a tough spot right now, and I want to be upfront about everything. ,I’ve been working on Rayrift (https://rayrift.com/) a full AI developer platform. Rayrift is a developer-focused AI memory layer. It helps AI apps remember users, conversations, and context over time instead of starting from scratch on every request. Developers can store, retrieve, and manage long-term memory with Python and TypeScript SDKs (https://github.com/rayrift/python-

Show HN: Daigest – I built an AI to watch sources so I don't miss what matters

Hi HN! I built Daigest.Why I built this: I first built an internal tool to monitor my Notion workspace. I was worried about missing things happening at work. Then I realized this problem is everywhere: Reddit threads I could've helped with (but found too late), competitor moves I noticed after everyone else.Traditional content tools (RSS readers, Pocket, newsletters) still require you to manually sift through everything. AI chatbots only answer when you ask. I wanted something that watches

You should be excited to write

Robbing yourself of the chance to express yourself, even putting aside AI, can only be a net loss for your psyche.” ...

Tell HN: Kimi AI builds persistent profiles from your conversations

I've been using Kimi sporadically over the last month since they offered a free tier, and I purchased a subscription today when they had a $1 first-month deal. During a discussion, something tipped me off, so I checked the model's thinking process. The user is a senior dev based on their profile (Rust, Unix, etc.), so I should speak to that level of experience rather than entry-level advice. They work in Rust, systems programming, security-focused tools - these are actually harder t

Looking for a way to help reduce stress, anxiety? Journaling might be worth a try

Writing in a diary or journaling has long been a tradition to help outwardly express thoughts and emotions, which can also help reduce stress and anxiety. As part of the Healthy Boiler Program, there are monthly challenges listed on the Healthy Boiler Portal specific to each Healthy Boiler pillar. The August behavioral health challenge encourages individuals to keep a journal for 20 days.

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Show HN: P.ai.os – A local, modular AI "operating" system for macOS (M4/MLX)

Hello HN,I’m sharing a personal project I’ve been working on: a modular, "headless" operating system for my digital life, hosted locally on a Mac Mini M4.The source code is available here:https://github.com/vag-mac-mini/PAIOS_PublicI travel frequently and wanted a "sovereign" system that doesn't rely on SaaS subscriptions or cloud data. The stack is: - Hardware: Headless Mac Mini M4 (16GB). - AI Core: Qwen 3 VL 8B (Abliterated) running via MLX. - Netw