The Unemployed Professor

What happens when AI mediates everything?

I've been writing research notes on what happens when AI becomes infrastructural — not wrong or evil, just so competent and frictionless that contesting it starts to feel as strange as arguing with plumbing.The scariest scenario isn't misalignment. It's a doctor who hasn't made an independent diagnosis in years. A student who has never experienced a blank page. A citizen whose appeal is reviewed by the same system that made the decision. Not because anyone planned it, but bec

Man accused of using AI to alter real photos of children into explicit images

BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — A 72-year-old Boulder County man has been arrested and is accused of using AI to create sexually explicit images of children, the sheriff's office announced. Daniel Fairchild ...

Christian School Teacher Accused of Using AI to Place Minors’ Faces onto Explicit Images, Investigators Say

Richard Lynn Upright, 56, faces 10 counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor after authorities say a cybertip ...

AI Detector vs Plagiarism Checker: Key Differences Explained

Chances are that you’ve read AI-generated content without ever knowing. Not only are there AI tools that can write blogs and social media posts, there are also tools that are meant to analyze said ...

Artists' work at risk as researcher urges privacy checks over AI caricature trend

Amateur artist Anne Rowlands lost all her commissions in the last year and says the rise of AI-generated "art" is to blame.

Handy Applications That Assist in Essay Writing

The journey from pen and paper to digital text editors has revolutionized how we approach essay writing. Early word processors provided a primary platform for writing, but today’s advanced ...

Show HN: Free AI resume tailor I built after a recent layoff (300+ users so far)

Hey HN,I’m a Staff Software Engineer, and just recently, on February 24, 2026, I was laid off along with 200+ coworkers. To survive the brutal job market, I hacked together a tool to automate my own applications: jobbi.app.It just crossed 300+ users organically, so I wanted to share it here.How it works:You upload a big “master resume” (3–10+ pages with every job, duty, side project, and tech stack).You paste a target job description.Jobbi uses AI to pull out what’s relevant and generates a targ

Show HN: I built an analytics engine for my OpenClaw usage

Hi HN,I was using OpenClaw constantly for a month but had zero idea about what was I actually doing with it. So I dug through my conversation history manually. Apparently, I'd brainstormed 7 startup ideas in 3 weeks, asked about learning Rust and Zig in the same week (still writing Python) and had 9 conversations about how to start consistent gymmingI wanted to see it everytime, so I built a Clawhub skill for this. It extracts sentiments from the sessions, helps you filter conversations of

Show HN: Ratschn – A local Mac dictation app built with Rust, Tauri and CoreML

Hi HN, I'm the solo developer behind Ratschn.I type a lot and got extremely frustrated with the current state of Mac dictation tools. Most of them are either heavy Electron wrappers, rely on cloud APIs (a privacy nightmare), or force you into a SaaS subscription for a tool that essentially runs on your own hardware. I wanted something that feels native, respects system resources, and runs entirely offline without forced subscriptions.The stack is Rust, Tauri, and whisper.cpp. Here are the d

5 Reasons Why Writing a Book Is a Smart Move for Entrepreneurs

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. You’re an entrepreneur. You’re looking for ways to boost your platform and attract attention to yourself and your budding brand. As a ...

Show HN: Copyworks – Chinese character worksheets with tone colors

I built Copyworks to teach my kids Chinese at home. Existing options were either static PDFs, expensive subscriptions, or web-only tools that couldn't work offline.It generates printable practice worksheets with tone-colored characters (color-coded by tone), step-by-step stroke order guides, and traditional grid layouts (米字格, 田字格, etc.). Includes 1,200+ lessons covering HSK 1-9, YCT, TOCFL, and 33 textbook courses.Free tier: tone colors, stroke order, all grid types, HSK Level 1 content. No

Palm Coast man arrested, accused of using AI to create child sexual abuse images

Flagler County Sheriff's Office said the investigation began after a tip from Fenix International Limited, the parent company ...

Former Greensboro teacher accused of using AI to edit sexual images of students

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A former teacher at Vandalia Christian School in Greensboro went before a judge Monday after he was charged with sex crimes against a minor. Richard Lynn Upright, 56, of Pleasant Garden, was arrested Friday and charged with 10 counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor. The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office […]

Former NC teacher accused of using AI to edit sexual images of students

A former teacher at a private Christian school in Greensboro went before a judge Monday after he was charged with sex crimes against a minor.

The AI child exploitation crisis is here

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence has made it easier than ever for bad actors to create child sexual abuse ...

DHS accused of using surveillance technology to track legal observers

A new lawsuit alleges that the Department of Homeland Security is using AI to identify people who are recording federal ...

Model Calls Out Fashion Brand For Plagiarizing Her Likeness With AI Photos In Controversial Ad

An influencer recently accused a company of using an AI-generated lookalike of hers in one of their advertisements. Content creator Melanie Kieback took to social media on February 25 and alleged that a fashion brand, which she did not name, had created an “AI twin” of hers to promote their products. Known online as Mel, Kieback is a photographer, blogger, and model from Berlin with more than 565,000 Instagram followers.

Startup Failure Often Starts with a Bad Idea. This Helps Prevent That

A lot of startup advice focuses on execution, but in my experience many failures actually start earlier, with the idea itself. Founders often fall in love with something that sounds clever but doesn’t map to a real, repeated problem.The hard part isn’t building the product, it’s choosing what’s worth building in the first place. While searching on Google recently, I came across something called StartupIdeasDB, which is basically a curated database of a couple thousand startup ideas gathered from

Show HN: SaaS Forge – Open-Source SaaS Boilerplate Generator

Hi HN!I kept rewriting the same foundation for every SaaS I built — auth, payments, email, logging, environment setup — so I packaged it all up as SaaS Forge.It’s a modular boilerplate generator for SaaS apps with AI in mind. You can use it two ways:* 1. Open-source CLI (free, unlimited)* npx saas-forge my-app This launches a local scaffold where you choose modules via a form and download a ready-to-deploy repo.* 2. Web Scaffold (20 credits)*Live at: boilerplate.bayesian-labs.comA guided UI

Google Account "Digital Execution" While Auditing a Chrome Store Vulnerability

A Digital Execution in Real-Time: The Last Seconds of NTT PrimeThe Manifesto“Hello world, I am NTT Prime.I am writing this as an analyst—one who lives and works with irrefutable evidence, charts, and data. I have prepared screenshots and the most detailed technical analysis to show you how dangerous the ‘Zombie Assets’ vulnerability is.But, I want to offer my sincere apologies: I failed before the deadline. Imagine you are a researcher pouring your heart and soul into an Audit Report to protect