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AI-Writing Scandals Are Getting Very Confusing

Steven Rosenbaum has decided that the real villain behind the bogus quotes in his book is a chatbot. Earlier this week, The New York Times reported that The Future of Truth, Rosenbaum’s much-discussed ...

3 Lessons From Writing an Authentic Book

Walking through the aisles of a bookstore or library will never be the same for me. Now that I’ve completed the process of publishing a book from defining an idea to writing multiple drafts, editing, ...

Want to publish a nonfiction book? This $49 AI-powered generator can help.

The following content is brought to you by Mashable partners. If you buy a product featured here, we may earn an affiliate commission or other compensation. If you’ve ever had a nonfiction book idea ...

Everyday task may help detect early dementia signs before diagnosis, study finds

Scientists have discovered that a simple writing test could detect cognitive impairment in older adults before more serious ...

10 Research Habits That Help Marketers Write Higher-Converting Copy

When you know your prospects better than they know themselves, you'll be able to grow and scale your business easier than ...

The hobby that can rewire your brain and help you build resilience

Experts say resilience may be as ordinary as the journal entries people scribble, the emails they exchange, the task lists they create

An award-winning short story may have been written by AI. What happens now?

Today on Commotion, writers Innocent Chizaram Ilo and Jen Sookfong Lee talk about the environment of fear and paranoia around AI in the writing world.

Former bus driver accused of using AI to generate explicit images of children

WILLIAMSPORT, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A former bus driver for a company serving Williamsport schools is accused of using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to create sexualized images of children. Lycoming Regional Police say Ryan Haywood took pictures of students on his bus without them knowing. Detectives say he then used AI to alter those pictures. Police […]

New York Times accused of using AI to spy on unionized employees: ‘workers everywhere are under attack’

Unionized New York Times employees have taken legal action against the publication, claiming it uses artificial intelligence ...

An AI music company is accused of using millions of copyrighted tracks to train its AI software

Sony and Universal Music Group accuse Suno of violating copyright laws to train its AI model. Suno doesn't want to reveal ...

Estate agents accused of using 'misleading' AI pictures to enhance homes up for sale

Winkworth, a London-based agency with more than 100 offices across the UK, has been accused of using the pictures to make ...

Huffer accused of using AI to recreate models in new campaign

A model who previously worked for Huffer claims the New Zealand-owned fashion label has used AI to generate new campaign images of models. Elijah...

MBA Application Essays: What You Need to Know

Essays allow MBA programs to see the real you. Explain why you're a good fit for that particular program. Allow enough time to prepare and proofread. A compelling MBA application essay can help set ...

Show HN: Jørnal, a journaling app where the page is always blank

Journaling in the digital world quickly becomes editing or second-guessing what to write. Freedom is bad. So I flipped it: as a side project I've been working on a simple journaling app where the page is always blank, and what you write is immutable.It tries super hard to always keep whatever you write and never lose your words. The editor of course always stores in local storage to guard against accidental tab closes; there's a queue that lets you write offline and drains it on the ba

Show HN: Parley – code review TUI for AI code

Wrote my own tool that helps me review AI Slop. Akin to Github/GitLab reviews but local and in a TUI instead. You get full review history, branch, worktree, commit switching and supports AI agents in codex, claude, opencode and pi. You can also customize the prompts that get sent to these agent harnesses when calling the agent from the TUI.It has an MCP as well, so you can just tell your AI agent to address the comments in review "new-review" for example, instead of running the A

Show HN: MetaBrain – A local document memory for AI agents

Hello there HNI experimented with agentic coding recently and I felt the need to track more contextual data by project. Also I felt the need to be able to go beyond the 1D chat to communicate with agents.So I created a local document memory, that is discoverable by agents themselves. The CLI is designed to be easy to pick up by agents. It allows humans to collaborate too by reading / searching / editing documents in the store.I have a Mac native GUI in the review process, I hope it wi

Show HN: Junco, turn newsletters into short audio episodes

Hey HN, I released my app Junco today to the iOS app store. Junco turns your newsletters emails and RSS feeds into short 2-5 minute podcast style episodes. You can listen to them while walking, commuting, showering, etc.You can connect your gmail account to have them auto generated each day or use the email we give you. You also have the option to follow RSS feeds in the app "discover" section. Gmail access is read-only for only the senders you approve. This was one of the biggest hurd

Show HN: Review-First AI IDE, Built on Codex and OpenCode

Hey HN, I’m Vignesh, solo dev.Handler is a Mac app for Codex and OpenCode that adds a review layer while the agent is generating code.Every edit comes with a short explanation: what changed, why it changed, and what it touches. If one edit needs more context, you can open a side chat on just that change and ask follow-ups without derailing the main agent run.The goal is to build a mental model as the code is generated, instead of waiting until the end and reviewing one giant diff cold.It’s the s

I hadn't coded in 30 years. Then I built a space game with Godot

Two years ago, I accidentally discovered the Godot Engine for making games. My coding experience was 30 years back. I was a radar designer and I spent years making software for simulating propagation of electromagnetic waves. I even got a scientific prize for it. I followed the tutorial on the Godot website and I was hooked.I did not have a plan for the game. It grew organically. However I had a vision: with Earth's resources getting scarcer, Humanity will have to go beyond Earth and even b

Show HN: Odeva Booking – A unified PMS for holiday parks and campgrounds

Hey HN,I'm a solo developer based in Zeeland, The Netherlands. I've been building Odeva, a property management system for holiday parks, vacation rentals, and campgrounds. It's a headless-first tool that's built specifically for the small-to-mid independent operators that legacy PMS vendors ignore. Still deciding on open-sourcing the project.The problem: Most park management software was built 10+ years ago, designed for enterprise procurement, not for the receptionist or pa