The Challenge of Detecting AI-Generated Texts in Bachelor’s Theses: Experts Express Concerns

The Challenge of Detecting AI-Generated Texts in Bachelor’s Theses: Experts Express Concerns

“ChatGPT, write me a bachelor’s thesis” – such requests have been possible since the new hype about AI. Universities have so far found it difficult to find out whether the work was written by a person or a machine. From an expert perspective, undeclared use of AI text generators such as ChatGPT, for example in … Read more

Massive Rally Against Right-Wing Extremism in Hamburg Defies City Ban

Massive Rally Against Right-Wing Extremism in Hamburg Defies City Ban

The rally was scheduled to take place on Friday at the town hall market. However, a Hamburg law prevents this. Now the demonstrators are taking to the streets elsewhere. Thousands of people want to come to the Hanseatic city on Friday under the motto “Hamburg stands up – against right-wing extremism and neo-Nazi networks”. However, … Read more

IG Metall Calls for State Support for Wind Energy Expansion Amid Budget Crisis

IG Metall Calls for State Support for Wind Energy Expansion Amid Budget Crisis

Despite the current budget crisis, IG Metall believes the federal government must support the planned expansion of wind energy with state aid. “We need an immediate program for loans and guarantees for the entire wind energy supply chain for the entire wind industry,” said the union’s coastal district manager, Daniel Friedrich, to the German Press … Read more

Union Berlin Refuses to Compete in Virtual Bundesliga: Only Club in 1st and 2nd Bundesliga to Opt Out

Union Berlin Refuses to Compete in Virtual Bundesliga: Only Club in 1st and 2nd Bundesliga to Opt Out

Even if it is mandatory: Union Berlin is the only club in the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga that does not want to compete in the VBL. And this despite the fact that the club already has a short history on the virtual pitch. This season, the Virtual Bundesliga Club Championship is celebrating a record number … Read more

Companies: New boss of the startup association calls for a “culture of courage”

Companies: New boss of the startup association calls for a “culture of courage”

More digitalization, more money for founders, more entrepreneurial courage: The new chairwoman of the startup association, Verena Pausder, wants to advance Germany as a start-up location and prevent growth companies from leaving. “We can no longer allow successful founders to rely on money from abroad for large financing rounds and some to go to the … Read more

After the Pisa shock: consequences for schools demanded

After the Pisa shock: consequences for schools demanded

The Pisa study compares the performance of 15-year-old students internationally every three years. The current results for Germany are worse than ever. This is also causing unrest in Bavaria. The sharp drop in performance of German students in the international comparative study Pisa is also having an impact Bayern tempers rise. The current results are … Read more

Music: Conductor Thielemann before returning to Bayreuth

Music: Conductor Thielemann before returning to Bayreuth

Star-Dirigent Christian Thielemann should return to the Green Hill. As the German Press Agency learned, the Bayreuth Festival is planning to use the 64-year-old again. This was announced at the most recent meeting of the Festspiel-GmbH board of directors. Thielemann “will return, yes,” said festival spokesman Hubertus Herrmann when asked. Current: Headlines Mundhalle Cooperative : … Read more

Shortage of Headmasters in Thuringian Primary Schools

Shortage of Headmasters in Thuringian Primary Schools

Headmasters are missing Thuringia especially in primary schools. This emerges from a list of vacant management positions in the Ministry of Education, which is available to the German Press Agency. The numbers refer to mid-August, a few days before school starts. Accordingly, of the 392 headmaster positions in the primary school sector, 61 were vacant. … Read more

Mainz City’s Financial Future: Moving Away from Liquidity Loans and Focusing on Investment

Mainz City’s Financial Future: Moving Away from Liquidity Loans and Focusing on Investment

DThe city of Mainz, which is financially well off thanks to the tax revenue bubbling up thanks to the success of Biontech, no longer wants to take out liquidity loans in the future. “We should fundamentally avoid that,” said Mayor Nino Haase of the German Press Agency in Mainz. Municipal consumption should not be financed … Read more

Remembering Thomas Danneberg: The Legendary Voice behind Hollywood Stars

Remembering Thomas Danneberg: The Legendary Voice behind Hollywood Stars

John Travolta, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, John Cleese – Thomas Danneberg dubbed half of Hollywood. A colleague warns film distributors: Don’t try to imitate this legend! He was the voice of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terence Hill and Adriano Celentano: The busy voice actor Thomas Danneberg is dead. This was confirmed to the German Press Agency in … Read more