Multiple universities such as Macquarie University, the University of Melbourne and the University of Sydney have introduced AI tools and platforms. Multiple universities such as Macquarie University, the University of Melbourne and the University of Sydney have introduced AI tools and platforms. University's move is part of trend that critics within academia say will lead to further staff cuts and the loss of'everything that makes the job worth doing' An Australian university has swapped in-person classes with an AI chatbot, online quizzes and optional online tutorials in two subjects as institutions give the technology more teaching responsibilities. Macquarie University's "Virtual Peer" is part of each week's learning in two mandatory Psychology units, programmed to ask students questions and guide them through scenario-based exercises. The university said the AI activities are optional and only "supplement" the "core learning" of online readings, quizzes and videos.

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In some cases, committee reports have cited submissions in which the majority of sources appear to be AI-generated - because they do not exist. In some cases, committee reports have cited submissions in which the majority of sources appear to be AI-generated - because they do not exist. 'Scary': how misinformation and AI hallucinations are infiltrating Australia's parliament Mon 31 Aug 2026 11.00 EDTLast modified on Mon 31 Aug 2026 11.02 EDT Australia's government inquiry process is supposed to help parliament make better decisions, hearing from experts and constituents alike. But Guardian Australia can reveal that the system is being flooded with AI-generated material, which is inventing studies and attributing nonexistent research to real academics and authors. In some cases, committee reports have cited submissions in which the majority of sources appear to be AI-generated "hallucinations", when large language models (LLMs) invent content that looks real but doesn't actually exist.

What happens when AI runs out of pictures? A hospital may only ever collect a few dozen scans of a rare condition - for example, an unusual tumour. The radiology department wants software to flag this on a scan - not to replace the specialist, but so a hospital without one still gets their scan checked the same way. The clinicians know what they're looking for. Over a decade, the hospital might gather 40 confirmed cases.

People become more suspicious of a humanoid robot that makes errors, especially when the robot is an expressive conversation partner. In our new study published in the journal Science Robotics, we had 50 people hold conversations and make joint decisions with the commercial humanoid robot Pepper, which is designed to be expressive and recognize emotions. Sometimes we had the robot give sound advice. Sometimes we had it make conversational mistakes, interrupting people or pushing illogical suggestions. For some participants, the robot was animated, using gestures, eye contact and nods.

UCLA PhD student Dylan Kupsh, who was a pro-Palestinian campus protester, is suing UC over its student discipline process. The lawsuit alleges viewpoint discrimination and due process violations. UCLA said it will respond to the suit in court.

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AIhub monthly digest: August 2026 - IJCAI-ECAI in Bremen, the mathematics of simplicity, and does AI change the way we think? Welcome to our monthly digest, where you can catch up with any AIhub stories you may have missed, peruse the latest news, recap recent events, and more. This month, we report on events at IJCAI-ECAI 2026, learn about the mathematics of simplicity, investigate the accountability vacuum, and find out how AI changes the way we think. On Rashomon sets, the mathematics of simplicity, and why we don't need black boxes: an interview with Cynthia Rudin In the latest in our series of interviews with AI pioneers, we hear from Cynthia Rudin about interpretability, noise, and the case against complexity for complexity's sake. The 35th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence and the 29th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJACI-ECAI 2026) was held from 15-21 August, in Bremen, Germany.

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