Professor shares one word that's a dead giveaway for an AI-written paper

A single word keeps turning up in student papers — and it's stirring debate after one professor said it's a telltale sign of artificial intelligence.

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Melania Trump walks side-by-side with humanoid robot at White House summit

Melania Trump pitched a vision of the future in which robots serve as educators who teach students about philosophy and art.

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Perfect homework, blank stares: Colleges are turning to oral exams to combat AI

A growing number of U.S. college instructors are turning to oral exams to help combat an AI crisis in higher education.

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Meta to pay $375 million after New Mexico jury says it harmed children's mental health

A New Mexico jury finds that social media conglomerate Meta is harmful to children’s mental health and in violation of state consumer protection law.

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OpenAI shutting down Sora video-generating app

OpenAI will soon shut down its Sora AI video generation app, the company said in a surprising announcement Tuesday.

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White House urges Congress to take a light touch on AI regulations in new legislative blueprint

The White House is laying out a new framework that it wants Congress to use to shape national rules for artificial intelligence without curbing growth in the sector. It wants Congress to “preempt” state laws is sees as too burdensome. The focus is on protecting children, preventing electricity costs from surging, respecting intellectual property rights, preventing censorship and educating Americans on using the technology. It comes as state governments have forged ahead on their own regulations. Civil liberties and consumer rights groups have lobbied for more regulations on the powerful technology. But the industry and the White House say a patchwork of rules would hurt growth.

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Teenagers sue Musk's xAI claiming image-generator made sexually explicit images of them as minors

Three teenagers sued Elon Musk’s xAI, claiming its image-generation tools were used to turn real photos of them into explicit sexual images.

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