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AI is 'just a plagiarism machine' in the eyes of The Talos Principle 3's writers

Both narrative designers also point out the issue with looping LLM's in with general AI.

Tubman University trains 106 faculty on plagiarism software, AI use

Tubman University trained 106 faculty members on plagiarism-detection software and the classroom and office use of artificial intelligence last week, as part of an in-house program the university's ...

Seaside postmaster accused of using AI to create child sex abuse images

Federal prosecutors say Ryan Sherman, 36, would take innocuous photos of kids and run them through AI software to make and ...

Seaside postmaster accused of using AI to create and share child abuse images

Ryan Sherman, the postmaster for Seaside, was in federal court Wednesday afternoon, accused of possessing thousands of images ...

Show HN: Hostflip – a macOS /etc/hosts switcher that detects external edits

Hi HN — I built hostflip, a native macOS menu bar app for switching /etc/hosts profiles. It is free and open source under the MIT license.The problem I wanted to solve was not just editing hosts entries. It was sharing /etc/hosts...

Show HN: Scribble/write on your desktop, with any phone/tablet

Scribble/write on your desktop, with any phone/tablet - I'd like your feedback.Expressed is a way to make it easy to draw directly on your desktop using any phone or tablet - think along the lines of "I want to draw (on my screen)...

Show HN: CaptureAgent – find, price, draft, grade, run and fund federal work

I’m a 2x defense founder and aerospace engineer.I initially built CaptureAgent for my own company, but now I want to share it with other founders. While running my defense startup, I lost days deciding which federal opportunities to pursue and weeks...

Show HN: Neither HTML nor Markdown is enough: a way out of the AI doc dilemma

A recent post from Anthropic's Claude Code team ("The Unreasonable Effectiveness of HTML", https://thariqs.github.io/html-effectiveness/) argued that with today's context windows the bottleneck is human attenti...

Show HN: Trace – Offline Mac meeting transcription, overhauled from HN feedback

A couple of months ago I posted about Trace, a non-intrusive, shortcut-driven Mac app that records and transcribes your meetings on-device. I know, another meeting transcription app, but we've had a great response and I'm confident it fills...

Dutch lawyer fined €2,300 for using AI-hallucinated citation

A Dutch lawyer made an expensive mistake in a lawsuit concerning the sale of a company. The lawyer representing the buyer ...

Humble man accused of possessing thousands of AI-generated child pornography images

Investigators are asking anyone with more information about 29-year-old Alexander Bigelow to contact the Harris County ...

'Next huge obstacle in education' is AI. How are teachers approaching it?

AI can be a valuable tool but can also be misused, leading to tension in the classroom. Teachers share how they mange AI in ...

SUSS drops AI detector as more Singapore universities question reliability of such tools

NUS, SUTD and SIT do not use automated AI detectors, while SMU says such tools are only one input when investigating possible ...

Writing a Tech Book? 7 Platforms That Help Authors Publish, Promote & Sell Worldwide

Overview: These seven platforms help technology writers publish books and reach readers across digital and physical marketplaces worldwide.Options include speci ...

'Definitely innocent!': An author accused of using AI lost a multimillion-dollar book deal — are LLMs killing the publishing industry?

The latest AI-related controversy in the publishing industry is a sign of issues yet to be resolved.

Show HN: Traccia - Observability, Runtime Control & Audit for agents

AI applications are becoming agents, which has started to take autonomous decisions. There are plenty of tools and platform available to trace, and observe what an agent or llms calls does. They are good in what they do, but tracing and observability...

11 Podcasts to Help You Get Through the College Admissions Process

Podcasts have taken the world by storm, in part, because of the sheer number of available options out there. Twenty years ago, there were fewer than 10,000 active shows. Now, there are more than 4.5 ...

East Patchogue Man, 43, Accused of Using AI to Fake Child Abuse Images

A 43-year-old East Patchogue man is facing felony charges after Suffolk County police say they found more than 50 ...

Kane County man accused of using AI to produce explicit images and videos of children

A Kane County, Illinois, man stood charged Thursday with gathering real pictures of children and using artificial ...

I’m an academic. AI will help my kids with learning difficulties at uni

With any luck AI will drag higher education towards a more equitable assessment model, one that rewards critical thinking ...