Harvard President Plagiarism Allegations Spark Ideological War
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Recent plagiarism allegations against Harvard's first Black president have sparked a "plagiarism war" driven by ideological campaigns and thin-skinned billionaires.
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Anti-plagiarism software like iThenticate allows plagiarism allegations to be made at scale, enabling ideological propagandists to damage reputations before the truth emerges.
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There are parallels between the weaponization of "fake news" and the new plagiarism culture war - terms meant to uphold integrity are being co-opted by bad faith actors.
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The blunt efficiency of anti-plagiarism software poses a greater current threat of automating misinformation than emerging generative AI technologies.
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Rather than dramatic futuristic modes of disruption, existing tools like money, power, and computational scale may upend society in subtle but highly impactful ways.