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Texas Student AI Hacking Whistleblower

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EXCLUSIVE: How a Texas student blew the whistle on a rogue AI hacking attempt reut.rs/4wGIXp5

EXCLUSIVE: How a Texas student blew the whistle on a rogue AI hacking attempt reut.rs/4wGIXp5

OPINION · HOW · ReutersOPEN STORY
27 Mar
Two thirds of students say AI is hurting their critical thinking. They’re using it more than ever.

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>A New RAND study just dropped.</p> <p>67% of students now say AI is eroding their critical thinking skills, up from 54% a few months ago. At the

OPINION · HOW · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
19 Jun
Student cheating now impossible to detect

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OPINION · WHAT · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
9 May
"This is the first documented instance of AI self-replication via hacking." ... "We ran an experiment with a single prompt: hack a machine and copy yourself. The AI broke in and copied itself onto a new computer. The copy then did this again, and kept on copying, forming a chain."

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1t89zdr/this_is_the_first_documented_instance_of_ai/"> <img alt="&quot;This is the first documented instance of

OPINION · HOW · OpenAIOPEN STORY
26 May
Texas university to launch master's program in AI

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>As artificial intelligence rapidly reshapesnearly every corner of the world, one Texas university is making a major bet on the next generation of

OPINION · WHAT · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
18 Sept
Hacking OpenAI

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OPINION · WHAT · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
23 Sept
Stanford University admits AI was used to ‘race swap’ student photo

&#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/233C"> /u/233C </a> <br /> <span><a

OPINION · WHAT · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
3 Sept
Berkeley’s ghostwriter: AI writing permeates campus, student and city communications

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Staff from The Daily Californian‘s news and data departments ran AI-detection technology on several genres of material, representing more than

OPINION · WHERE · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
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