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The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) announced it would stop offering online exams starting March 2026 due to widespread AI-assisted exam fraud.

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Security researchers reported they had found "privacy" browser extensions siphoning users' AI chat data and selling it through a data broker.

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The Creators Coalition on AI (CCAI) announced its formation by Oscar winners and other Hollywood figures to promote common standards for AI use in the entertainment industry.

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A team of researchers published findings that current reasoning models expended more computation on easier tasks than harder ones and proposed theoretical laws to explain the behavior.

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A study found that one in five YouTube Shorts shown to new users was AI-generated low-quality content, indicating a sizable presence of automated videos in new users' feeds.

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https://the-decoder.com/ai-fraud-forces-worlds-largest-accounting-body-to-end-online-exams/

AI fraud forces world's largest accounting body to end online exams

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), the world's largest accountancy organization, will stop offering online exams starting March 2026.

the-decoder.com

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https://the-decoder.com/security-researchers-catch-privacy-browser-extensions-siphoning-ai-chats-and-selling-them-via-a-data-broker/

Security researchers catch "privacy" browser extensions siphoning AI chats and selling them via a data broker

If you are using a chatbot and an Urban browser extension, you may want to reconsider.

the-decoder.com

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https://the-decoder.com/oscar-winners-and-hollywood-a-listers-launch-coalition-to-set-ai-rules-for-entertainment-industry/

Oscar winners and Hollywood A-listers launch coalition to set AI rules for entertainment industry

The Creators Coalition on AI (CCAI) brings together filmmakers and artists pushing for common standards around AI use in the entertainment industry.

the-decoder.com

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https://the-decoder.com/ai-reasoning-models-think-harder-on-easy-problems-than-hard-ones-and-researchers-have-a-theory-for-why/

AI reasoning models think harder on easy problems than hard ones, and researchers have a theory for why

If I spent more time thinking about a simple task than a complex one—and did worse on it—my boss would have some questions. But that's exactly what's happening with current reasoning models like Deepseek-R1. A team of researchers took a closer look at the problem and proposed theoretical laws describing how AI models should ideally 'think.'

the-decoder.com

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https://the-decoder.com/one-in-five-youtube-shorts-shown-to-new-users-is-ai-generated-slop-study-finds/

One in five YouTube Shorts shown to new users is AI-generated slop, study finds

A recent study shows that low-quality AI videos are already a million-dollar industry firmly embedded in YouTube's daily feed. Set up a fresh account today, and one in five Shorts will be AI slop. And the technology is just getting started.

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