Since ChatGPT arrived in late 2022, universities have struggled to tell whether an assessment tests a student's learning or just their skill with AI. A Turnitin report found nearly 54% of Australian student submissions processed between October 2025 and April 2026 showed some AI use, and about 10% were more than 80% AI-generated. But AI use isn't automatically cheating: students use it to summarise readings, clarify hard texts, brainstorm and get feedback. The line between acceptable and unacceptable use is blurry, even to teachers, and can differ between assignments and even between students on the same one. Australian universities must still show that degrees confirm the skills they claim.

Indonesian Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka handed his resignation to parliament after questions were raised about his eligibility for office and his academic credentials. Gibran is the son of former president Joko Widodo, and his resignation came as Widodo publicly backed the president, Prabowo Subianto. Gibran had been elected vice president in 2024 as Prabowo's running mate. His candidacy was made possible by a 2023 Constitutional Court ruling on the minimum age for candidates, which was itself controversial. Parliament will now consider the resignation.

Angkor, near Siem Reap in northern Cambodia, was the capital of the Khmer Empire, which ruled much of mainland Southeast Asia between roughly the 9th and 15th centuries. At its height the city spread across about 3,000 square kilometres, making it the largest pre-industrial city on Earth by area. Its growth depended on water: huge reservoirs called barays, along with canals and embankments, stored monsoon rain and carried it to rice fields. That system let farmers harvest more than once a year and fed a very large population through the dry season. The temple complex of Angkor Wat, built in the early 12th century, is the best-known monument and still stands at the heart of the park.