Month: June 2025
Guardian investigation finds almost 7,000 proven cases of cheating – and experts says these are tip of the iceberg
Thousands of university students in the UK have been caught misusing ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools in recent years, while traditional forms of plagiarism show a marked decline, a Guardian investigation can reveal.
A survey of academic integrity violations found almost 7,000 proven cases of cheating using AI tools in 2023-24, equivalent to 5.1 for every 1,000 students. That was up from 1.6 cases per 1,000 in 2022-23.
When Sirmione became jammed with visitors during a particularly busy May Day weekend, it proved a tipping point
In the era of overtourism, every popular holiday destination has its tipping point.
For Sirmione, a sliver of land lapped by the blue-green waters of Lake Garda, that watershed moment came during Italy’s long May Day holiday weekend, and has led the medieval Italian village to introduce “street tutors” to manage the visitor flow and ensure good behaviour.
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FBI agents sometimes abuse their power … – GS https://t.co/wH2ZWMALbQ
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FBI agents sometimes abuse their power for personal reasons, to get the information or to target individuals
.Instances of FBI agents engaging in misconduct and abusing their power for personal… pic.twitter.com/h4rAB1dadB— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) June 15, 2025
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Saudi Crown Prince says Israel is doing everything to drag the US into a war with Iran. pic.twitter.com/VvHZdZGb04
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Critics question speed and scale of embedding AI into public sector when debate rages about use of copyrighted material
The government’s artificial intelligence (AI) tool known as Humphrey is based on models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, it can be revealed, raising questions about Whitehall’s increasing reliance on big tech.
Ministers have staked the future of civil service reform on rolling out AI across the public sector to improve efficiency, with all officials in England and Wales to receive training in the toolkit.
