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Why Colleges Pay Millions Every Year for Faulty Plagiarism Detection
Season 2025
Episode 399
Despite questionable accuracy and privacy concerns, California colleges continue paying millions for Turnitin’s AI detection software. Students have been falsely flagged, and critics say the system misidentifies both plagiarism and AI use—while quietly building a massive student paper database.
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A $500K pilot funds ACs and purifiers for vulnerable desert residents.
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Newsom pivots toward boosting in-state oil to tame gas prices.
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Lawmakers weigh lethal control after a rapid mute swan population boom.
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Covered CA premiums will jump 10.3% next year as aid fades.
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State will shutter Norco’s California Rehabilitation Center in 2026, saving $150M.
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A judge orders suspended UCLA science grants restored as $584M freeze eases.
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New 15% tariffs stall imports and unsettle California's wine trade.
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Late-July order backs encampment crackdowns, ends harm reduction funding.
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Southern California Edison proposes a compensation program as the cause is still under probe.
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Congress rescinds $1.1B for CPB, jeopardizing rural stations and local coverage.
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July sweeps at licensed sites stoke fears of wider federal crackdowns.
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A bipartisan bill would make streaming ads follow TV volume limits.