Today I had the pleasure of presenting my fellowship research at the weekly interdisciplinary #VUIAS seminar.
https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.35582.55364
One of the key messages was simple: metrics often reveal symptoms, but understanding integrity problems requires looking at research environments, incentives, and organisational cultures.
#ResearchIntegrity #Scientometrics #ResearchEthics #OpenScience #AcademicIntegrity #ScholarlyCommunication #HigherEducation #Science
The theme of this year's graduation season has been AI. However, it hasn't gone well for the tech as it has been repeatedly booed and protested.
https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2026/05/20/ai-ruins-multiple-graduation-ceremonies/
Stanford and Princeton are moving back to proctored exams and blue books. The reason: finished work alone no longer reliably shows what students learned. AI detector tools have false-positive risks and can't anchor misconduct cases, so universities are instead tracking process—drafts, oral defenses, revisions. A shift in what counts as evidence.
Stanford and Princeton are returning to proctors and blue books as AI makes finished assignments weaker proof of learning. Detector scores carry false-positive and due-process risks, pushing universities toward drafts, oral defenses and process evidence.
🤖 ArXiv Bans Authors for AI Misuse: A Year-Long Ban for Unchecked Papers
ArXiv just banned authors for a year if their papers show unchecked AI use. It's a direct shot at low-quality research submissions.
https://byte-pulse.net/article/arxiv-bans-authors-for-ai-misuse-a-year-long-ban-for-unchecked-papers
Dear UVic Community, On May 8th, the UVic Senate will be voting on changes to the Academic Integrity Policy in response to generative AI. We understand the hard work and time UVic has put into these changes and know about the need to uphold academic integrity. However, the presented policy poses increased risk for students […]
An Italian researcher has been ordered to pay back approximately $51,000 in grants due to "massive" scientific misconduct in two of her published books.
#Plagiarism #AcademicIntegrity #ResearchIntegrity #ScientificIntegrity
In this presentation, I explore the idea of "AI plagiarism" not as a simple violation, but as a mismatch between new modes of text production and outdated systems for assessing knowledge and contribution.
https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.25560.87049
If text no longer reliably reflects thinking, what exactly are we evaluating?
This is part of my workshop at the Science Festival 2026.
#OpenScience #AcademicIntegrity #GenerativeAI #ResearchEthics #ScholarlyCommunication #SciencePolicy #HigherEducation
While researching #EinsteinAI, I discovered that different #LearningManagementSystems (#LMS) allowed EinsteinAI, while others did not. #CanvasLMS was one of the ones who allowed Einstein and bunch of other #AIAgents. No wonder they got #hacked! It sounds like everybody had a key to get in!
Einstein AI by Companion.AI: Automating Homework on #Canvas Raises #AcademicIntegrity Concerns
A “student-in-a-box” agent arrives—what Einstein signals about the next phase of AI automation
By Juan Martinez, Feb 25, 2026
"Companion.AI’s newly unveiled 'Einstein' agent is not merely another #GenerativeAI assistant; it is a pointed demonstration of how quickly the market is moving from chat-based help to autonomous, persistent agents capable of completing entire workflows end-to-end. By interfacing directly with the Canvas #LearningManagementSystem (LMS), Einstein is positioned to log into student accounts, ingest course materials, participate in discussion threads, draft assignments, and submit finished work—effectively compressing the student’s academic workflow into a 'set it and forget it' automation layer."
#CompanionAI #Hackers #Instructure #Cyberattack #CanvasPlatform #CanvasSoftware #Education #Technology #Databreach #Infosec
Companion.AI’s Einstein agent exemplifies the shift from chat-based AI to autonomous, stateful agents integrated directly with Canvas LMS, automating end-to-end student workflows. This raises critical challenges in security, data governance, academic integrity, assessment design, and edtech business models.
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