The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
Pitt-AWS deal to integrate AI into University academics stirs debate among professors

Pitt-AWS deal to integrate AI into University academics stirs debate among professors

By Naomi Weiss, Senior Staff Writer • November 4, 2025
On Oct. 22, Pitt announced its new partnership with Amazon Web Services and Anthropic to create an "AI-enabled Campus of the Future."
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Pitt’s “Forging the Future: The Intersection of Health, AI and Tech” global summit kicks off

By Emma Wu, Staff Writer • October 20, 2025
Pitt kicked off its first-of-a-kind global summit, “Forging the Future: The Intersection of Health, AI and Tech,” on Monday, Oct. 20, a day after the annual Global Federation of Competitiveness Council conference on Sunday, Oct. 19.
An illustration of a computer with multiple windows open, including an AI chatbot.

Students and faculty discuss concerns of AI in the classroom 

By Taylor Skibitsky, Staff Writer • September 23, 2025
Over the past year, the use of AI has drastically changed classroom landscapes at Pitt. As the new academic semester begins, students and professors at Pitt are facing the popularity of AI in academics.
Editorial | The GPT-4 Studio Ghibli trend again reveals a horrible misappreciation for human-made art

Editorial | The GPT-4 Studio Ghibli trend again reveals a horrible misappreciation for human-made art

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • March 31, 2025
Ignoring the potential violations and oversteps of copyright law, the ability to immediately generate images in an artist’s specific style completely waters down the messaging and intentions of their work.
Opinion | AI is still terrible, even if it’s getting more impressive

Opinion | AI is still terrible, even if it’s getting more impressive

By Thomas Riley, Opinions Editor • January 14, 2025
When the day comes that even the staunchest AI critics can’t immediately distinguish a generated piece from a real one, it will be important to remember the real reason that artificial intelligence still deserves no place in the artistic community.
University of Virginia professor of law Bertrall Ross speaks at the annual Constitution Day event at the Teplitz Memorial Moot Courtroom on Tuesday.

Pitt Law hosts forum on voter education for Constitution Day event

By Patrick Diana, Staff Writer • September 23, 2024
Pitt’s School of Law hosted its annual Constitution Day event, with this year’s focus on voter education. Bertrall Ross, a law professor at the University of Virginia and a member of the Presidential Commision to the Supreme Court, gave the headlining speech. 
Editorial | The fakeness of AI pornography intentionally fetishizes lack of consent

Editorial | The fakeness of AI pornography intentionally fetishizes lack of consent

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • January 30, 2024
We often justify using celebrities’ likenesses in AI-generated videos or voice dubs because no reasonable person would believe they’re real. But in the case of deepfake pornography, this means of justification becomes the reason its consumers love it so much.
Opinion | AI art does more harm than good

Opinion | AI art does more harm than good

By Danae Poteat, Staff Columnist • November 9, 2023
Although I do find AI art amusing, sometimes I feel guilty whenever I find myself enjoying it too much. I know that, in reality, a hardworking artist could have easily made this.
Opinion | AI music is opening Pandora’s box

Opinion | AI music is opening Pandora’s box

By Patrick Swain, Contributing Editor • November 8, 2023
Half a century after the band split, the remaining members of the Beatles reunited to release their final song “Now and Then” on Thursday. The song brought together the iconic former bandmates John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, with one catch — Lennon died in 1980.
Opinion | AI Writing is Not the Answer

Opinion | AI Writing is Not the Answer

By Jameson Keebler, Senior Staff Columnist • September 21, 2023
I know that artificial intelligence will get better and I can’t judge it for the bad writing it produces right now. What is important is to appreciate the process that creates good writing.
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