At Victor Valley College, one professor filed a claim against a colleague alleging copyright infringement. Here's how the Copyright Claims Board ruled.

https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2026/03/05/professor-sues-colleague-over-copied-class-material/

#Copyright #Plagiarism #VictorValleyCollege #CCB

I have the greatest admiration for the theorems and proofs of transfinite set theory, what we've called Cantor's transfinite set theory.

I taught it for years, wrote restatements for my students, and wrote a piece viewing it in the perspective of historical thinking about the infinite.
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:3715468

Now I've learned that #Cantor deliberately suppressed the role of #Dedekind in some of his work, particularly the proof that the set of real numbers is larger than the sets of natural and rational numbers. This was the first glimpse of the infinite hierarchy of infinite cardinalities.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-man-who-stole-infinity-20260225/

Cantor had the first germ of the proof, so props for that. But Dedekind helped him clarify it and Cantor published the clarified version without credit to Dedekind. I respect the math as much as ever but am now dealing with a serious case of flawed-hero syndrome.

First, make amends. Kudos to Dedekind. Second, give thanks. Kudos to the sleuths who turned up the empirical evidence of Cantor's #plagiarism -- Emmy Noether, Ivor Grattan-Guinness, José Ferreirós, and (decisively) Demian Goos.

Also thanks to Joseph Howlett for the Quanta article summarizing the evidence -- and in passing for calling Leopold #Kronecker an ideologue. Exactly!

#Infinity #Mathematics #SetTheory

If you were as irritated as I was when #RetractionWatch of all outlets uncritically linked to a sensationalist article celebrating Ulrike #Guerot of all people as a martyr - the conspiratorial academic convicted of #plagiarism by an actual court.

Well, then you now have the chance to do better. :)

https://centerforscientificintegrity.org/2026/02/26/announcing-the-retraction-watch-research-accountability-reporting-fellowship/

An Indian AI summit created some unwanted headlines after Galgotia’s University presented a purchased robot dog as an original creation.

https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2026/02/25/indian-university-plagiarizes-robot-dog/

#AI #Plagiarism #India #AcademicIntegrity

Started reading a new-to-me RPG adventure tonight!

Almost immediately got stabbed in the eye ... because it's "illustrated" with GenAI slop.

Fuck to the NO. Like a lot of folks, I get instant stomach-flipping nausea from that stuff from the Uncanny Valley effect, let alone the ethical horrors of the plagiarism machine.

#TTRPG #TTRPGPublishing #Plagiarism

Just in time for our migration to Canvas! A new AI bot for your students to run in the background and never do *anything*. 🙃 🙃 🙃

"A new AI tool called Einstein is pushing the boundaries of what automation in education looks like. Created by the startup Companion, Einstein does more than generate answers to homework questions. It logs directly into a student's Canvas account and completes coursework on the student's behalf."

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/companion-einstein-ai-tool/

#AI #Canvas #Plagiarism

A student at the University of Michigan is suing her school for punishing her over alleged AI usage. Here's why other schools should take note.

https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2026/02/23/student-sues-university-of-michigan-over-ai-allegations/

#Plagiarism #AI #AcademicIntegrity