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AI CHEATING NOW 'OMNIPRESENT' AT STANFORD

A Stanford senior reports that artificial intelligence has made academic dishonesty widespread on campus, with students using AI tools to fabricate assignments and coursework at scale.

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Security researcher Peter G. Neumann, who criticized lax industry attitudes toward computer security and digital privacy, died on May 17 at the age of 93 (John Markoff/New York Times)

John Markoff / New York Times: Security researcher Peter G. Neumann, who criticized lax industry attitudes toward comput…

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A college senior at Stanford describes how AI changed classes: cheating using AI "has become omnipresent" with students "fudging just about everything" (Theo Baker/New York Times)

Theo Baker / New York Times: A college senior at Stanford describes how AI changed classes: cheating using AI “has becom…

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A Stanford student reflects on his ChatGPT class and a culture of "just a little bit of fraud"

Stanford student Theo Baker describes in a guest essay for the New York Times how ChatGPT shaped his entire graduating c…

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Theo Baker spent four years investigating Stanford. Before he leaves, here’s what he found.

"There's a common refrain among [young] people in this world that it's easier to raise money for a startup right now tha…

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Elon Musk's OpenAI loss is set to speed up the AI juggernaut amid rising opposition; the case offered a rare glimpse into tech's workings, ending with a whimper (New York Times)

New York Times: Elon Musk's OpenAI loss is set to speed up the AI juggernaut amid rising opposition; the case offered a…

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College Kids Don’t Want Your AI

The unique threat artificial intelligence poses to students’ education and their hopes of someday landing a job has made…

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College Kids Don't Want Your AI

Students are pushing back against the adoption of AI on campuses, with some organizing protests, petitions, and performa…

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Three precedent-setting court rulings in China have said that employers replacing workers with AI is voluntary cost-cutting that does not justify mass layoffs (Catie Edmondson/New York Times)

Catie Edmondson / New York Times: Three precedent-setting court rulings in China have said that employers replacing work…

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Bluesky and Clemson University researchers detail a novel Russian influence campaign that hijacked influential Bluesky accounts to spread pro-Kremlin propaganda (Steven Lee Myers/New York Times)

Steven Lee Myers / New York Times: Bluesky and Clemson University researchers detail a novel Russian influence campaign…

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Gavin Newsom signs an EO mandating state agencies work with the AI industry and others to study subsidies for companies that don't replace workers with AI (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)

Cecilia Kang / New York Times: Gavin Newsom signs an EO mandating state agencies work with the AI industry and others to…

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Sources: WH approved a $9B request to acquire advanced AI chips for spy agencies; Anthropic is finalizing a classified contract for NSA to keep using its tools (New York Times)

New York Times: Sources: WH approved a $9B request to acquire advanced AI chips for spy agencies; Anthropic is finalizin…

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Q&A with Sundar Pichai on the future of Google Search, Google's place in the AI race, public skepticism toward AI, AI agents, AI safety, TPUs, and more (New York Times)

New York Times: Q&A with Sundar Pichai on the future of Google Search, Google's place in the AI race, public skepticism…

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For publishers, pirated audiobooks made with AI on YouTube are a growing issue: removal is cumbersome, and some are hiring tech companies to take them down (Alexandra Alter/New York Times)

Alexandra Alter / New York Times: For publishers, pirated audiobooks made with AI on YouTube are a growing issue: remova…

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A look at the scourge of smartphone thefts in London, as victims describe receiving texts threatening them into unlinking Apple IDs from stolen iPhones (New York Times)

New York Times: A look at the scourge of smartphone thefts in London, as victims describe receiving texts threatening th…

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Demand for security engineers is surging, with job postings up 11% YoY in Q1, driven by threats from AI-generated code and models like Mythos and GPT-5.4-Cyber (Kate Conger/New York Times)

Kate Conger / New York Times: Demand for security engineers is surging, with job postings up 11% YoY in Q1, driven by th…

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