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Postgraduate students in New Zealand were in for a rude surprise after their teacher suspected some of them used AI on an exam.
Artificial Intelligence

Students Shocked by Instructor’s Ruthless Response to Suspected AI Use on Exam

By Noor Al-Sibai

A brilliant teen who honed her skills during the COVID-19 pandemic has solved one of math's most frustrating problems.
Science & Energy

Mathematicians Startled by 17-Year-Old With Uncanny Abilities

By Noor Al-Sibai

Artificial intelligence has infected every corner of academia — and now, some scientists are fighting back with a weird trick. 
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Are Sneaking Passages Into Research Papers Designed to Trick AI Reviewers

By Noor Al-Sibai

AI has been linked to everything from loneliness to illiteracy — and now, researchers are linking it to some seriously dark traits. 
Ethics

Scientists Find Alarming Link Between AI Use and Psychopathy

By Noor Al-Sibai

AI chatbots overuse specific words — and now, scientists are using those words to catch their colleagues when they secretly use it.
Artificial Intelligence

Bombshell Research Finds a Staggering Number of Scientific Papers Were AI-Generated

By Noor Al-Sibai

People are asking OpenAI's ChatGPT advice for how to perform cosmetic procedures at home that usually require medical professionals.
Artificial Intelligence

The Secret Reason So Many College Students Are Relying on AI Is Incredibly Sad

By Noor Al-Sibai

The paper on AI and scientific discovery has now become a black eye on MIT's reputation.
Artificial Intelligence

MIT Disavowed a Viral Paper Claiming That AI Leads to More Scientific Discoveries

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Many students aren't allowed to use artificial intelligence, and when they catch their teachers doing so, they're often peeved.
OpenAI

Student Livid After Catching Her Professor Using ChatGPT, Asks For Her Money Back

By Noor Al-Sibai

Top colleges are under fire for an alleged price-fixing scheme that purportedly favored the rich and dumb over the poor and smart.
Future Society

Documents Show How Top Colleges Secretly Admit Terrible Students, as Long as They’re Wealthy

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists have long observed animals having gay sex — but those observations have rarely made their way into academic papers.
Science & Energy

Scientists Accused of Ignoring Gay Animals

By Noor Al-Sibai

Academic journals have been caught publishing papers that were clearly written by ChatGPT — and at least one has yet to retract.
OpenAI

Scientists Caught Generating “Academic Papers” Using ChatGPT

By Noor Al-Sibai

College applicants will soon be using it on their admissions essays — and there's a lot to unpack for colleges.
OpenAI

Oh God… Kids Are About to Start Writing College Application Essays Using ChatGPT

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Harvard behavioral scientist, who has extensively studied honest behavior, has been accused of fabricating study results.
Future Society

Harvard Scientist Who Studies Dishonesty Accused of Fraud

By Noor Al-Sibai

We were eating dinner and the shaking was so intense that we all ran outside."
Future Society

One in Five Professors Say They’ve Had a UFO Encounter, Survey Finds

By Noor Al-Sibai

Teachers are reportedly using ChatGPT to write AI-assisted letters of recommendation — which are apparently good enough to win Cambridge scholarships.
OpenAI

ChatGPT-Inspired Letter of Recommendation Gets Prestigious Cambridge Scholarship

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

It appears that hackers have compromised the University of Arizona's website and posted a bunch of stuff a Southeast Asian online casino.
Hacking

Someone Has Apparently Hacked the University of Arizona’s Website

By Noor Al-Sibai