Étienne Klein's appropriation of a silly joke was of no consequence, but at the time I couldn't help wondering how someone who would do that might behave with things that actually matter. Now I know the answer, and it's more than worrying. An investigation into the PhD thesis of Etienne Klein by Paris Cité University has concluded that there is extensive evidence of plagiarism in it. Who needs AI…

Four songwriters (Audrey Armacost, Aidan Rodriguez, Adam Gokcebay, Michael Campanelli) have sued NewJeans, ADOR, and HYBE, alleging that they plagiarized the song “How Sweet” from a demo they sent them back in 2024. The Thursday (May 7) lawsuit, obtained and first reported by Billboard, lodges copyright infringement claims against NewJeans’ label ADOR, its parent company HYBE …

Universities remain among the few institutions in society dedicated to the careful creation and stewardship of knowledge. If they respond to AI primarily through fear and control, they risk undermining the very intellectual curiosity they seek to protect

“Instead of producing what looks like a generic critique from a nameless LLM,” Wired reported last week, Expert Review “lists a number of real academics and authors available to weigh in on your text. To be clear: Those people have nothing to do with this process.”

I’ll stress again that none of these people gave their permission to have their names used by this feature. In fact, that’s…