University of Maryland President Darryll J. Pines defended his decision to allow anti-Israel protesters to rally on the anniversary of October 7 with what he said was original “faculty research” that proves that the Palestinian flag does not support terrorism. But the “research” was actually copied from ChatGPT, The Daily Wire found.
Pines passed off the text in an effort to justify his decision to allow the university’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) to reserve a main campus quad on the anniversary of Hamas’s attack on Israel to “honor” the “martyrs.” Pines sent the text in response to an email from a Maryland resident who inquired if Pines, who is black, would be as supportive of groups flying the Confederate Flag on campus as he is of flying the Palestine flag.
“I have consulted with Middle East Scholars and Historians on our campus…
