A Chinese university with ties to the army bought Nvidia's powerful H200 AI chips last month despite being on a US export blacklist. Northwestern Polytechnical University, a member of China's "Seven Sons of National Defense" group of elite defence-focused universities, bought two H200 chips last month for 874,700 yuan ($123,000), according to an October 21 procurement record on its website, the Reuters news agency reports. The Reuters investigation comes as Nvidia and its CEO Jensen Huang face mounting scrutiny in Washington, DC, over his lobbying for looser restrictions on sales of AI chips to China, following reports alleging he was targeted by a Chinese spying operation. The H200 is among Nvidia's most capable chips for training and running advanced AI systems and is subject to US export licence approvals, which are normally denied for blacklisted institutions such as Northwestern Polytechnical. Northwestern Polytechnical also bought access this year to H200 chips and other powerful Nvidia AI processors through five contracts for rented computing capacity from Chinese companies, procurement records show.

The OfS said many institutions had already redesigned how they assessed students to reduce potential AI misuse. The OfS said many institutions had already redesigned how they assessed students to reduce potential AI misuse. AI has made it'close to impossible' to assess university coursework, regulator says Universities should go back to traditional exams and in-person presentations to grade students after lecturers complained that AI has made it "close to impossible" to assess coursework, according to an investigation by England's higher education regulator. The Office for Students (OfS) said the credibility of degrees from England's universities was under threat from the prolific use of AI in essays, dissertations and "open book" exams, with students reporting that their peers boasted of using AI undetected by staff. The regulator warned universities and other higher education institutions that failing to design "valid and reliable measures of students' knowledge and skills" to combat AI could breach their conditions of registration and lead to sanctions being imposed.

Is the war entering a new phase? Russia has said it has shot down more than 140 drones in an ongoing attack on the country's Leningrad region northwest of Moscow. "A total of 146 drones have been downed over the Leningrad Region," Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said on Telegram on Tuesday, Russia's state TASS news agency reported, adding that "the counter-action is ongoing". Local authorities said a woman had been killed in the attack. A drone attack also caused a fire in the port area of Ust-Luga by the Baltic Sea in the province, Drozdenko said on Telegram on Wednesday.

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Kennedys sue to block Trump's arch, arguing it would cast shadow on JFK's grave Image caption, An artist's rendering of Trump's proposed arch near Arlington Cemetery The family of former US President John F Kennedy has sued to block construction of a triumphal arch that President Donald Trump plans to build in the nation's capital. Nine members of the political dynasty argue the 250ft (76m) structure would block the view of Kennedy's grave, as well as the graves of thousands of veterans buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Last week, a US judge temporarily halted the project on the heels of a vote allowing construction to proceed. The White House said it was unfortunate to see that some members of the Kennedy family had joined litigation against an arch intended to honor our heroes who rest in Arlington Cemetery. The judiciary should not be abused to politicize a structure designed to unite our nation, White House spokesman Davis R Ingle said in a statement to the BBC.