Posted 1/7/2024, 10:47:00 PM
Ackman Vows to Use AI to Check for Plagiarism at MIT Amid Accusations Against Wife
- Bill Ackman believes AI tools will uncover rampant plagiarism in academia, causing "incredible embarrassment."
- Ackman vowed to use AI to check MIT President's and faculty's work for plagiarism.
- Accusations were made that Ackman's wife plagiarized parts of her dissertation while an MIT professor.
- Ackman says he didn't originally seek Harvard President's removal over plagiarism, but over failing to address campus antisemitism.
- Ackman believes focus on diversity, equity and inclusion in university leader selection hurts merit-based hiring.