Belgian Rector Turns Down Honor After Using AI-Generated Fake Quotes in Speech

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Artificial intelligence: Ghent University Rector Petra De Sutter used nonexistent quotes in a speech. She is withdrawing from the ceremony…

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"Dogma is the enemy of progress, you may be familiar with it." These are the words of the new rector of Ghent University, Petra De Sutter, in her inauguration speech in September. She refers to Einstein in her speech: "These words—'dogma is the enemy of progress'—Einstein uttered in his speech at the Sorbonne in 1929." It turns out Einstein never made such a statement. The quote was created using artificial intelligence, the rector confirmed aft…

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The new UGent president, Petra De Sutter, used a general AI to write her opening speech in September, revealed Apache on Thursday. AI has created two quotations from all over the world. ...

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At the start of the academic year, Rector Petra De Sutter gave a speech containing fabricated quotes from well-known thinkers. These quotes are believed to be hallucinations from an AI tool. The matter came to light following an investigation by the news website Apache. Ghent University confirmed that errors occurred due to the use of AI.

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5:53 PM The Ghent University board of directors will address the misstep by Rector Petra De Sutter on Friday. In her opening speech at the start of the academic year, she used erroneous quotes that appeared to be fabricated...