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A lawyer in the United States has been sanctioned after using ChatGPT to cite testimony from witnesses who simply do not exist. It is the latest reminder that AI hallucinations carry real consequences, and that professional accountability cannot be outsourced to a language model, no matter how convincing it sounds.
Closer to the classroom, a new survey from Epson finds eighty percent of European teachers are concerned AI is moving faster than schools can respond. Seventy-six percent of students already expect AI to be part of their learning, while eighty-one percent of teachers worry pupils believe the technology can simply handle spelling and mathematics for them. The EU AI Act now requires schools to offer AI literacy training, but the gap between policy and practice remains wide.
On a more constructive note, Rustls, the Rust-based TLS security library, is marking ten years of development this week. What began as a grassroots project has grown into a funded open-source effort with post-quantum cryptography support and meaningful performance gains. Its upcoming zero-point-two-four release promises architectural improvements that could make secure communications more flexible for developers building the infrastructure we all rely on.
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