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Orelien rejected on Tuesday accusations that he used artificial intelligence to write his bestselling novel but admitted he had plagiarised in the past. He made the statement in a letter sent to Reuters and other media.
Read the original →International scholars examine linguistic diversity, marginalisation and challenges posed by digital technologies.
Read the original →A Tennessee grandmother who was falsely accused of bank theft crimes in North Dakota and detained for six months is suing for $10 million.
Read the original →Suspicions of preferential treatment surround the AI-based education platform "High Learning" project, in which the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education invested KRW 38.5 billion.
Read the original →The Society of Authors launched a global, ethical AI charter at the Creators Emergency Summit in London on 13th October. The charter aims at “defining how generative AI services should be deployed to help protect and support human creators”.
Read the original →Synthetic media threatens democracy by blurring truth and fabrication. Governments, platforms and news organisations need real-time detection, authentication, provenance standards and coordinated crisis protocols to preserve public trust.
Read the original →A real-world evaluation of AI-generated medical practitioner profiles found differing vetting outcomes. Some profiles passed official verification in as little as 2 minutes, while others were immediately blocked by automated pop-up security alerts. The assessment points to vulnerabilities and inconsistent compliance in current healthcare AI validation frameworks.
Read the original →Leaders from business, government and education weighed AI’s rapid rise. They urged safeguards, accountability and human judgment in fast-changing workplaces.
Read the original →Tsuzuki Denki has drawn up an "AI Basic Policy" as its responsible AI use policy and "AI 5Actions" as its code of conduct. The move is meant to advance a shift to a value-creation model built on AI.
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