Big Chinese tech companies appear to have turned off some AI functions to prevent cheating during the country’s highly competitive university entrance exams. More than 13.3 million students are sitting the four-day gaokao exams, which began on Saturday and determine if and where students can secure a limited place at university. This year, students hoping to get some assistance from increasingly advanced AI tools have been stymied. Parents take photos of students entering an exam hall. Photograph: Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images In screenshots shared online, one Chinese user posted a photo…
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Ethical alternatives to American goods | Brief letters
Pleased to see I’m far from alone in trying to avoid American products (This un-American life: can you really divest yourself of everything from the US?, 19 April). Mostly there are alternatives. There is no need to make your own cleaning products – for example, there are Bio-D and Faith in Nature. I have a Kobo e-reader and a Doro phone. A good source of alternatives is Ethical Consumer magazine.Ruth ClancyWhaley Bridge, Derbyshire For someone who sees nothing wrong in saying the US wants Greenland, no wonder Donald Trump thinks…