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Sites Busted Running AI Content Farm That Rips Off Real Journalists' Work When They Accidentally Left Prompt in Published Article

Content farms are producing poorly plagiarized news stories, damaging sports journalism integrity. [ more ]

Futurism

Google Debuting Chrome Feature Where AI Writes Your Posts For You

Google is releasing an AI-powered writing assistant feature for Chrome.

The widespread use of AI-generated content may lead to unintended plagiarism and copyright violations. [ more ]

Engadget

Your Google News feed is likely filled with AI-generated articles

Google is boosting websites filled with AI-generated articles ripped from other outlets.

Google News may not be fully auditing the articles populating its news feed. [ more ]

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artificial-intelligence

Nature

1 month ago

Ready or not, AI is coming to science education - and students have opinions

Generative AI tools like ChatGPT have gained popularity on university campuses.

Educators express concerns about the accuracy and creative integrity of newly generated data by AI tools. [ more ]

Entrepreneur

Who Owns The Rights to Your AI-Generated Content? Not, It's Not You. Uncover The Scary Truth That Puts AI Users At Risk. | Entrepreneur

AI detection in workplaces will become standard for protecting company assets.

AI-generated content may lead to repercussions for employees and consultants. [ more ]

Above the Law

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Roberts Explains That Artificial Intelligence Can't Replace Judges Because How Would Billionaires Fly An AI To Luxury Resorts Anyway?

Artificial intelligence cannot replace judges due to the complexity and nuance of their role.

Steven Calabresi's arguments about Clarence Thomas being the best justice ever are questionable. [ more ]

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GameSpot

Palworld Reaches 25 Million Players In One Month

Palworld reached 25 million players within a month of launch, with 15 million on Steam and 10 million on Xbox.

The game, inspired by Pokemon, has faced plagiarism accusations and sparked an investigation by The Pokemon Company. [ more ]

GameSpot

What the Hell is Going on With Palworld? | Spot On

Palworld has sold over 7 million copies on Steam and is gaining attention for accusations of plagiarism and AI-generated art.

The game has been described as Pokemon with guns and accused of using AI-generated assets and lifting models from Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. [ more ]

Kotaku

Pokemon Company Issues Statement About Palworld, Says It Will 'Investigate'

The Pokémon Company has released a statement addressing the allegations of plagiarism and IP theft surrounding the game Palworld.

The statement indicates that The Pokémon Company will take appropriate measures to address any acts that infringe on its intellectual property rights. [ more ]

GameSpot

Amid Plagiarism Accusations, Palworld CEO Asks People To Stop Harassing Devs

Palworld, a survival game by Pocketpair, is facing accusations of plagiarism due to its striking similarities to Pokemon.

The studio has received harassment and death threats as a result of these accusations. [ more ]

GameSpot

Palworld Could Come To PS5, But Nothing Is Certain Yet

Palworld is currently available on PC and Xbox Series X|S, but may come to PS5 in the future.

Pocketpair is considering implementing cross-play and player vs. player content in Palworld. [ more ]

VG247

Palworld hits 3 millions copies sold in 40 hours as it's met with accusations of plagiarism

Palworld, a game featuring creatures similar to Pokemon with guns, has sold three million copies in just 40 hours.

The game has been accused of plagiarism due to the similarities in creature designs to Pokemon. [ more ]

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VG247

Palworld review - Early Access

Palworld draws clear inspiration from Pokemon, featuring creature designs similar to Pokemon wielding weapons.

Some fans have accused Palworld of plagiarizing Fakemon designs. [ more ]

Tom's Hardware

2 days ago

Bye Bye, AI: How to block Google's annoying AI overviews and just get search results

Google's AI Overviews are criticized for providing plagiarized and inaccurate summaries, pushing expert insights down in search results. [ more ]

New York Post

College student put on academic probation for using Grammarly: 'AI violation'

Anti-plagiarism software accused a student of using AI to write a paper, leading to academic probation.

Use of tools like Grammarly for proofreading can mistakenly trigger plagiarism detection systems. [ more ]

TechCrunch

This Week in AI: OpenAI finds a partner in higher ed | TechCrunch

OpenAI signed a deal with Arizona State University to bring ChatGPT, an AI-powered chatbot, to the university's researchers, staff, and faculty.

The use of AI in education is a topic of debate, with concerns about plagiarism and cheating, but also potential benefits for students. [ more ]

MarTech

Why can't AI content generators just follow the rules? | MarTech

Students in Europe start writing research papers later than students in the UK and US

The issue of plagiarism is being discussed in relation to the rise of AI content generators [ more ]

Cherwell

Oxford releases new guidance on AI use for students - Cherwell

The University of Oxford has released new guidance on the use of AI tools for students, allowing their use but warning that they cannot replace human critical thinking.

AI-generated text passed off as one's own is considered plagiarism and subject to penalties. [ more ]

The Atlantic

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What If We Held ChatGPT to the Same Standard as Claudine Gay?

Plagiarism is a problem in generative AI, not copyright.

Responses to plagiarism accusations in academia and AI differ. [ more ]

english.elpais.com

3 weeks ago

Data science

Elisabeth Bik, expert in scientific integrity: We need to slow down scientific publishing'

Elisabeth Bik, a scientific integrity consultant, uncovers errors in academic articles, primarily focusing on potentially manipulated images to prevent fraud in scientific literature. [ more ]

www.theguardian.com

Books

The Most Secret Memory of Men by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr review literary erasure

Mohamed Mbougar Sarr pays tribute to Yambo Ouologuem in his novel

The Most Secret Memory of Men explores themes of plagiarism and erasure in the literary world. [ more ]

BleepingComputer

Content farm impersonates 60+ major news outlets, like BBC, CNN, CNBC

Content farm operates 60+ 'news' websites

Plagiarism of articles from credible media outlets [ more ]

BleepingComputer

News farm impersonates 60+ major outlets: BBC, CNN, CNBC, Guardian...

Content farm impersonating reputable media outlets.

Plagiarizes articles for SEO and deceptive advertising. [ more ]

New York Post

Google News searches ranked AI-generated ripoffs above real articles - including a Post exclusive

Google News searches are turning up AI-generated articles that steal from legitimate media outlets.

Google confirmed that AI-generated content is not against its policies, but it can be removed if it is determined to be 'spam'. [ more ]

Poynter

A billionaire, plagiarism and a media controversy - Poynter

Bill Ackman accuses Business Insider of bad journalism and defends his wife against plagiarism allegations.

Business Insider's parent company is investigating the motivation and process behind the reporting. [ more ]

Lifehacker

Web design

How to Run a Reverse Image Search

Reverse image search is useful for finding the original source of an image and tracking down plagiarism or misinformation.

Reverse image search can also be used to find different versions of the same image or to gain more information about the content of an image. [ more ]

www.nytimes.com

US news

The Next Battle in Higher Ed May Strike at Its Soul: Scholarship

Higher education is facing increased scrutiny over issues of integrity, including plagiarism and admissions scandals.

There have been accusations of plagiarism and controversies surrounding admissions processes at prestigious universities such as Stanford, Harvard, and M.I.T. [ more ]

www.mediaite.com

Education

Harvard Professor Forced To Awkwardly Backtrack After Denigrating Harvard Grads In Attempted Own On Conservative Writer

Prof. Jennifer L. Hochschild faced backlash for her comments about Christopher Rufo, a conservative writer and activist.

Hochschild implied that a Harvard Extension School degree is not equivalent to a Harvard degree and questioned the integrity of HES students. [ more ]

Above the Law

Law

Have Lawyers Considered Telling Bill Ackman To Shut Up Because He's Just Making Everything Worse?

Bill Ackman's social media frenzy includes lengthy critiques against Business Insider and calls for a defamation suit.

Ackman's criticism against Harvard president Claudine Gay for alleged plagiarism were seen as comical. [ more ]

www.fastcompany.com

Today's top business headlines: Cruise layoffs, Grok's plagiarism allegations, and Pope Francis' pitch for an AI treaty

Grok, Elon Musk's new chatbot, is accused of plagiarism by allegedly sourcing knowledge from ChatGPT.

Elon Musk plans to launch a new university in Austin, despite criticism of focusing on new ventures.

Mortgage rates dropped after Fed Chair Jerome Powell's press conference, with potential implications for 2024 rates. [ more ]

www.fastcompany.com

What Grok's recent OpenAI snafu teaches us about LLM model collapse

The ease of creating content using generative AI tools has led to concerns about model collapse.

The chatbot Grok developed by xAI unintentionally plagiarized a response from OpenAI's chatbot. [ more ]

www.vice.com

Digital life

The Old Internet Is Dying, and Something Worse Is Being Born

This episode of the Cyber podcast features a discussion with Aftermath co-founder Gita Jackson about Napoleon, the decline of film criticism, and plagiarism on YouTube.

The podcast also touches on the topics of the decline of the internet and the transcendent power of movies. [ more ]

Cointelegraph

Artists aim to thwart AI with data-poisoning software and legal action

The use of AI in art and design is posing challenges to intellectual property rights and the definition of plagiarism.

AI-driven platforms are utilizing copyrighted material for training without explicit permission, raising questions about fair use. [ more ]

Eater Chicago

Chicago

Candy Cane Malort Triggers a Chicago Social Media Feud

Workers from a bar in Chicago accuse Jeppson's MalÃ¶rt of plagiarizing their ideas and selling them as house bottles without giving credit.

Nisei Lounge has a reputation for serving MalÃ¶rt and has even created their own infused versions, but now feels their ideas have been stolen by CH Distillery. [ more ]

Futurism

Guy Brags About "Stealing" Millions of Pageviews by Rewriting Competitors' Articles Using AI

The use of AI-generated content is changing the landscape of search engine optimization (SEO)

Some entrepreneurs are using AI algorithms to repurpose existing content and pass it off as their own [ more ]

9to5Google

6 months ago