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In 2015, if you said, “I heard it on a podcast,” you were trying to sound smart. In 2025, it’s better to lie.
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An Indian politician says scandalous audio clips are AI deepfakes. We had them tested
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AI is now unpopular. That may not make a difference.
Alex Veremeyenko on Twitter / X
MIT published a brutally honest report on what AI is doing to students.A committee of professors and students spent five months studying how AI changed learning on campus, and the findings read like a warning to every university on the planet.Study groups are disappearing.… pic.twitter.com/kSxKk4h06o— Alex Veremeyenko (@alex_verem) September 12, 2026
Eleven Things I Wish Educators Understood About AI and What it Means for "Education"
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Ed Zitron on big tech, backlash, boom and bust: ‘AI has taught us that people are excited to replace human beings’
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Deezer and Ipsos study: AI fools 97% of listeners
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