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      Legal protections and sustainable funding key for Europe to be ‘beacon of open and free science’, guild says
       
  
      Portraying ChatGPT as a playground for plagiarists is a timid response to AI’s ability to enhance research in all subjects, argues Agnieszka Piotrowska
       
  
      Regulation proposed after concerns about quality but critics say it presents ‘individual solutions to collective problem’
       
  
      Government urged to address shortfall in funding for Irish universities ‘immediately’ amid high staff-student ratios
       
  
      Fears recent tuition fee hike for ‘oversaturated’ subjects will limit access but improvements in autonomy and accreditation hailed