The New York Times: Kenyans Did College Students’ Homework for Years. Then A.I. Arrived. Thousands of Kenyans once made a living writing college essays for cheating overseas students, but the industry has all but collapsed since ChatGPT launched in 2022. Teresios Bundi wrote more than 2,500 essays over 12 years and built a business employing dozens of writers, […]
links: 04.08.2026
SBS News: ‘Unfounded and premature’: Why experts say parents shouldn’t panic about screen time A new international study following more than 3,000 children since 2009 found no link between screen-time duration and developmental difficulties at age five or ten. Australian experts note that worries about an “iPad baby” generation may be both unfounded and premature — the study […]
links: 03.08.2026
The New York Times: What Are Companies Getting for All That A.I. Spending? The New York Times reports on a new field of economics — “tokenomics” — that studies what companies are actually paying for AI use and what they’re getting for it. There’s still no standard way to compare cost and value, so some firms are inventing […]