Stanford’s AI Innovation: Now Available in Plagiarized Editions

The ‎controversy‏ ‎surrounding ‎the ‎Stanford ‎University ‎AI‏ ‎model, ‎Llama‏ ‎3-V,‏ ‎involves ‎allegations ‎of‏ ‎plagiarism from ‎a‏ ‎Chinese ‎AI ‎project, ‎MiniCPM-Llama3-V‏ ‎2.5,‏ ‎developed ‎by‏ ‎Tsinghua ‎University’s‏ ‎Natural ‎Language ‎Processing ‎Lab ‎and‏ ‎ModelBest.‏ ‎The ‎Stanford‏ ‎team, ‎comprising‏ ‎undergraduates ‎Aksh ‎Garg, ‎Siddharth ‎Sharma,‏ ‎and‏ ‎Mustafa‏ ‎Aljadery, ‎issued‏ ‎a ‎public‏ ‎apology ‎and‏ ‎removed‏ ‎their ‎model‏ ‎after ‎these ‎claims ‎surfaced.

AI ‎and‏ ‎Edu ‎Cheating:

📌Despite‏ ‎the‏ ‎initial ‎panic, ‎AI‏ ‎didn’t ‎turn‏ ‎students ‎into ‎cheating ‎masterminds.‏ ‎Who‏ ‎knew ‎they‏ ‎might ‎actually‏ ‎want ‎to ‎learn?

📌It ‎was ‎initially‏ ‎banned‏ ‎AI, ‎but‏ ‎now ‎business‏ ‎sells ‎courses ‎how ‎to ‎ethically‏ ‎use‏ ‎AI

📌The‏ ‎survey ‎found‏ ‎that ‎the‏ ‎percentage ‎of‏ ‎AI‏ ‎cheating ‎hasn’t‏ ‎increased. ‎Turns ‎out, ‎students ‎were‏ ‎already ‎pretty‏ ‎good‏ ‎at ‎cheating ‎without‏ ‎AI.

Stanford ‎Plagiarism‏ ‎Scandal:

📌Stanford’s ‎Llama ‎3-V ‎model‏ ‎was‏ ‎accused ‎of‏ ‎being ‎a‏ ‎copy-paste ‎job ‎from ‎Tsinghua ‎University’s‏ ‎MiniCPM-Llama3-V‏ ‎2.5. ‎Apparently,‏ ‎originality ‎is‏ ‎overrated.

📌The ‎Stanford ‎team ‎apologized ‎and‏ ‎pulled‏ ‎their‏ ‎model. ‎Better‏ ‎late ‎than‏ ‎never, ‎right?

📌Model‏ ‎Best’s‏ ‎CEO ‎called‏ ‎for ‎«openness, ‎cooperation, ‎and ‎trust.»‏ ‎Because ‎nothing‏ ‎says‏ ‎trust ‎like ‎getting‏ ‎your ‎work‏ ‎stolen.

Academic ‎Integrity ‎Under ‎Fire:

📌Harvard’s‏ ‎president,‏ ‎Claudine ‎Gay,‏ ‎resigned ‎over‏ ‎plagiarism ‎allegations. ‎Just ‎another ‎day‏ ‎in‏ ‎the ‎life‏ ‎of ‎academia.

📌Marc‏ ‎Tessier-Lavigne, ‎former ‎Stanford ‎president, ‎also‏ ‎stepped‏ ‎down‏ ‎due ‎to‏ ‎manipulated ‎data‏ ‎in ‎his‏ ‎studies.‏ ‎Seems ‎like‏ ‎a ‎trend.

📌Neri ‎Oxman ‎from ‎MIT‏ ‎was ‎caught‏ ‎plagiarizing‏ ‎from ‎Wikipedia. ‎Because‏ ‎why ‎bother‏ ‎with ‎original ‎research ‎when‏ ‎you‏ ‎have ‎the‏ ‎internet?

📌The ‎public’s‏ ‎trust ‎in ‎academic ‎institutions ‎is‏ ‎at‏ ‎an ‎all-time‏ ‎low. ‎Shocking,‏ ‎isn’t ‎it?

The ‎Broader ‎Implications:

📌The ‎academic‏ ‎world‏ ‎is‏ ‎facing ‎a‏ ‎crisis ‎of‏ ‎integrity. ‎Who‏ ‎could‏ ‎have ‎seen‏ ‎that ‎coming?

📌Advanced ‎technology ‎is ‎making‏ ‎it ‎easier‏ ‎to‏ ‎detect ‎plagiarism. ‎So,‏ ‎maybe ‎it’s‏ ‎time ‎for ‎academics ‎to‏ ‎actually‏ ‎do ‎their‏ ‎own ‎work.

📌The‏ ‎irony ‎is ‎that ‎these ‎high-profile‏ ‎cases‏ ‎are ‎only‏ ‎now ‎coming‏ ‎to ‎light ‎because ‎of ‎the‏ ‎very‏ ‎technology‏ ‎that ‎some‏ ‎of ‎these‏ ‎academics ‎might‏ ‎have‏ ‎helped ‎develop.