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Double take: 23 Sets of Twins Graduate From A Single Massachusetts Middle School
Turkish Student Arrested For Using AI To Cheat In University Exam
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish authorities have arrested a student for cheating during a university entrance exam by using a makeshift device linked to artificial intelligence soft- ware to answer questions.
The student was spotted behaving in a suspicious way during the exam at the weekend and was detained by police, before being for- mally arrested and sent to jail pending trial.
Another person, who was helping the student, was
also detained.
A video released by police in the southwestern province of Isparta showed how the student used a camera disguised as a shirt button linked to artificial intelligence software via a router hidden in the sole of the person's shoe.
A police officer in the video scans a question to show how the system works, with the AI software generating the correct answer, which is recited through an earpiece.
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NEEDHAM, Mass. (AP) —
Twenty-three sets of twins have graduated from a Massachusetts middle school, making up about 10% of the eighth-grade class.
The identical and fraternal twins graduated from Pollard Middle School in Needham, Massachusetts, on Wednesday. Another student, who is also a twin, graduated but her brother attends a different school, said principal Tamatha Bibbo.
It’s “quite unusual,” said Bibbo. “We typically have anywhere from five to 10 sets at most. Given our numbers, we have approxi- mately 450 to 500 children
in each grade so this was extraordinarily high.”
The school gave a special shout-out to the 23 sets of twins during the so-called “moving up” ceremony on Wednesday, she said. Twins account for around 3% of live births in the U.S., according to the National Center for Health Statistics.
The Pollard Middle School graduates must all have completed up to 10 hours of service learning in their communities and every year the Needham Exchange Club offers five community service awards. For the first time this year a set of twins — Lukas and Sameer Patel — won an award and a donation to their charity, Bibbo said.
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