university governance

Environmental researchers at the University of Exeter have found that academics who understand AI’s environmental costs are still using it in research, while often shifting responsibility for those costs to universities, funders, cloud providers, technology companies, and future policymakers...

Western Sydney University pro vice-chancellor Cath Ellis admitted this week that Microsoft Copilot was used to help write an opinion piece for the Sydney Morning Herald, which was later removed after Guardian Australia asked about the undisclosed AI involvement in its preparation. The...