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Show HN: Everfree -AI cowriter note app on GitHub backend & Evernote migration
EverFree started as a script to get my notes out of Evernote, and grew into the writing tool I actually wanted: a focused editor where notes stay in Github in a repo I own, with an AI cowriterWith an in-built AI assistant using free models like Gemini 3.5 to help me in my daily writing The AI has a search and image generation feature as well, for which you will need paid licenses from Gemini or OpenRouter. Bring your own keyIt is fully featured, syncs across devices and your backend stays the sa
How to Build Your Brand by Writing Your Book
In today’s crowded marketplace, establishing a strong personal brand is crucial for entrepreneurs and business leaders. One powerful way to elevate your brand and position yourself as an authority in ...
Leveraging Writing Conferences in the College Essay Process
Teachers can use one-on-one writing conferences to help students with their college essays and build trusting relationships at the same time.
Teachers are worried about students cheating with AI, but my survey suggests the deeper issue is learning
As schools consider AI guidelines, educators are also thinking about how they can adjust their assignments to accurately measure what students are actually learning.
I used every AI cheating app and detector and came to one conclusion
Can AI judge human work from robot slop, or is every AI-detection tool out there completely worthless?
Educators warn AI debate has focused too much on cheating, not enough on student learning
A Georgia Tech professor said some students are "learning absolutely nothing" as educators rethink assessments with handwritten exams in the AI era.
PwC Reports Caught With AI Slop Is A Warning To Every Worker Right Now
PwC was caught passing off AI slop as thought leadership in the latest high-profile incident since KPMG, EY, and Deloitte. Here's how this impacts your career.
Arkansas man accused of using AI to produce CSAM pleads guilty in federal case
An Arkansas man accused of using artificial intelligence (AI) to turn pictures of real women he knew into child sexual abuse ...
Home Office accused of using hallucinated evidence in asylum refusal
A senior judge has suggested the Home Office may have relied on "AI hallucinated" information when refusing an asylum ...
Dark side of AI: Material to malign
Cases Received At DFS-Gandhinagar Every Month Rise From 68 In 2023 To 115 In 2026 ...
Allegations of AI distillation spark debate about IP theft. But is it illegal?
Distillation lets AI companies train new models using existing ones. The White House says Chinese firms are using it to gain an edge, raising questions about competition and intellectual property.
Debut novelist’s $2M deal for ‘amazing’ book canceled on suspicions of AI use
A first-time novelist’s whopping $2 million book deal was reportedly cancelled on suspicion AI had a role in writing it — ...
Major Publisher Cans $2.4 Million Book Deal After Author Was Accused of Using AI, for a Very Cynical Reason
"Unfortunately, we are no longer able to authenticate how the manuscript fully evolved from origin to completion." The post ...
Show HN: The Goal is simple, there should be an actual free editor
Hey HN, I'm Saai, one of the creators of Sylix. I made this open-minded version of Cursor where you can get all of the core features of Cursor but in a fully customizable IDE (Ctrl+K, @docs, parallel agents). We love Cursor so much, but there are so many other features we're building, including all things like multi-edit, parallel swaps, agent indexing (but not the traditional one), parallel LSP, or maybe... we might give agents a better understanding of the codebase via multi-semantic
Livingston Parish sheriff: Woman accused of using AI-generated nude images to extort victims
A 29-year-old woma was arrested and charged in Livingston Parish after investigators discovered she was responsible for ...
Parents: Teen boy used AI to create sexually explicit images of their daughters
A teen faces multiple sexual exploitation charges connected to the use of AI to manipulate images of teen girls.
North Carolina teen accused of using AI for sexual exploitation. Are state laws strong enough?
A boy, whose name is not public because of his age, faces multiple felony charges and is accused of using AI to create ...
Teachers are worried about students cheating with AI, but my survey suggests the deeper issue is learning
The risk of students using AI to cheat tends to get a lot of attention – with good reason. A student can simply copy and paste a prompt into a chatbot and receive a polished paragraph, a ...
Hiltzik: Why an AI firm known for fighting plagiarism has real authors in a fury
The online service Grammarly originated in 2009 as a suite of tools to help ferret out plagiarism in schoolwork or help students hone their grammar and spelling. Eventually it incorporated artificial ...
WorkLife with Adam Grant: Authenticity is a double-edged sword
"Just be yourself." That's popular work advice these days, with more and more companies encouraging people to "be authentic" and bring their whole selves to work. But when we get real at the wrong time or in the wrong way, it can backfire. What does effective authenticity look like, and how can we learn to strike the right balance? (Audio only)