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By Sudip Kar-Gupta
PARIS, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Nathan Cofnas, the U.S. academic who accused late Cambridge University professor Jason Arday of plagiarism, has been allowed to resume some of his work at Ghent University while a disciplinary probe continues, the Belgian entity said on Friday.
Arday, once hailed as Cambridge's youngest Black professor, was found dead at the age of 41 in London this month, days after resigning from his post. Arday had denied the allegation of plagiarism but acknowledged making mistakes.
Ghent University subsequently suspended Cofnas "as a precautionary measure" as it opened an investigation. Cofnas said the probe was into possible discrimination.
In Friday's statement, Ghent said Cofnas could resume academic activities at the university while the investigation continued on the condition that he worked remotely and did not engage in any teaching.
#cofnas #plagiarism #probe
PARIS, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Nathan Cofnas, the U.S. academic who accused late Cambridge University professor Jason Arday of plagiarism, has been allowed to resume some of his work at Ghent University while a disciplinary probe continues, the Belgian entity said on Friday.
Arday, once hailed as Cambridge's youngest Black professor, was found dead at the age of 41 in London this month, days after resigning from his post. Arday had denied the allegation of plagiarism but acknowledged making mistakes.
Ghent University subsequently suspended Cofnas "as a precautionary measure" as it opened an investigation. Cofnas said the probe was into possible discrimination.
In Friday's statement, Ghent said Cofnas could resume academic activities at the university while the investigation continued on the condition that he worked remotely and did not engage in any teaching.
#cofnas #plagiarism #probe
12 days ago
LONDON (AP) — A British sociologist who resigned last week from the University of Cambridge following weeks of public accusations of plagiarism and media scrutiny was found dead Friday.
Jason Arday, who was 37 when he became Cambridge's youngest Black professor in 2023, resigned after he came under intense media pressure, with weeks of allegations about plagiarism in his academic work and questions surrounding claims about his athletic and fundraising accomplishments.
The Times and Telegraph newspapers, along with the BBC and Sky News, reported that Arday, 41, was found "unresponsive" inside a home in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon.
News of his death comes the same week as the release of his memoir, "Great and Unfortunate Things," a highly anticipated work that Simon & Schuster had decided to release despite the doubts about his credibility. In a statement issued through his publisher, Arday's family said that they were "in shock to have lost this amazing father, partner, brother, uncle and son."
"The campaign of misinformation was too much for Jason, who was a gentle man and who always wanted to see the best in everyone," the family said, adding that for three years Arday was "subjected to a campaign of sustained abuse ... by those who would leave no stone unturned in their quest to undermine him."
#arday #london #Friday #weeks
Jason Arday, who was 37 when he became Cambridge's youngest Black professor in 2023, resigned after he came under intense media pressure, with weeks of allegations about plagiarism in his academic work and questions surrounding claims about his athletic and fundraising accomplishments.
The Times and Telegraph newspapers, along with the BBC and Sky News, reported that Arday, 41, was found "unresponsive" inside a home in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon.
News of his death comes the same week as the release of his memoir, "Great and Unfortunate Things," a highly anticipated work that Simon & Schuster had decided to release despite the doubts about his credibility. In a statement issued through his publisher, Arday's family said that they were "in shock to have lost this amazing father, partner, brother, uncle and son."
"The campaign of misinformation was too much for Jason, who was a gentle man and who always wanted to see the best in everyone," the family said, adding that for three years Arday was "subjected to a campaign of sustained abuse ... by those who would leave no stone unturned in their quest to undermine him."
#arday #london #Friday #weeks
14 days ago
The former University of Cambridge professor at the centre of a plagiarism row has been found dead.
Jason Arday was found "unresponsive" at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon, emergency services said.
Metropolitan Police officers were called by the London Ambulance Service. A 41-year-old man was ***** ounced dead at the scene and his next of kin have been informed, the force said.
Arday resigned as a Cambridge professor of sociology of education last week after allegations of plagiarism and questions about some of his achievements. He had denied the claims.
In a statement, the Met Police said: "At this time his death is being treated as unexpected, but is not believed to be suspicious."
#arday #professor #dead
Jason Arday was found "unresponsive" at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon, emergency services said.
Metropolitan Police officers were called by the London Ambulance Service. A 41-year-old man was ***** ounced dead at the scene and his next of kin have been informed, the force said.
Arday resigned as a Cambridge professor of sociology of education last week after allegations of plagiarism and questions about some of his achievements. He had denied the claims.
In a statement, the Met Police said: "At this time his death is being treated as unexpected, but is not believed to be suspicious."
#arday #professor #dead
17 days ago
The financial boosters and backers of the artificial intelligence industry like to argue that, for better or worse, the ubiquity of AI-generated content is inevitable in the near future.
For all of us living in the world of their making, we know 1) it's basically been for the worse and 2) it doesn't have to be inevitable.
There are probably some uses for AI that are helpful in some capacity, but for many of us, our experience with the big plagiarism computers is seeing them used as… big plagiarism computers.
Take the case of Phil Steele's annual college football preview. The preseason magazine has been published since 1995 and is a foundational text for anyone covering the sport year after year. Before the advent of our glorious AI-driven future, when you bought a book ****** led Phil Steele's College Football Preview, you could feel confident that you were purchasing a preview of the coming college football season written by Phil Steele. That is simply no longer the case.
As Steele laid out on his site, there are several books on Amazon using his name to sell what appear to be AI slop knockoffs of his work.
#college #preview #computers
For all of us living in the world of their making, we know 1) it's basically been for the worse and 2) it doesn't have to be inevitable.
There are probably some uses for AI that are helpful in some capacity, but for many of us, our experience with the big plagiarism computers is seeing them used as… big plagiarism computers.
Take the case of Phil Steele's annual college football preview. The preseason magazine has been published since 1995 and is a foundational text for anyone covering the sport year after year. Before the advent of our glorious AI-driven future, when you bought a book ****** led Phil Steele's College Football Preview, you could feel confident that you were purchasing a preview of the coming college football season written by Phil Steele. That is simply no longer the case.
As Steele laid out on his site, there are several books on Amazon using his name to sell what appear to be AI slop knockoffs of his work.
#college #preview #computers
