NTU’s Crackdown on Students Using AI & Why Home-Based Food Businesses Are Sparking F&B Drama | #679
95NTU penalised 3 students for allegedly misusing AI tools - despite guidelines allowing them with restrictions. Meanwhile, Singapore’s home-based food scene is booming, but restaurant owners are crying foul, accusing them of skirting regulations. We unpack both controversies and what they say about rules, fairness, and disruption.
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(00:45) Folklory
(01:38) Intro
(09:39) NTU’s Crackdown on Students Using AI
(31:52) Why Home-Based Food Businesses Are Sparking F&B Drama
(50:31) One Shiok Comment
(55:52) One Shiok Thing
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NTU’s Crackdown on Students Using AI
NTU penalises 3 students over use of AI tools; they dispute university’s findings | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/parenting-education/ntu-penalises-three-students-for-use-of-ai-tools-students-dispute-universitys-findings
[Mar 2024] Students at S’pore universities allowed to use AI tools for assignments but must stick to rules | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/students-at-s-pore-universities-allowed-to-use-ai-tools-for-assignments-but-must-stick-to-rules
Why Home-Based Food Businesses Are Sparking F&B Drama
Home-based food gigs are great, but unchecked growth risks tipping the balance | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/home-based-food-gigs-are-great-but-unchecked-growth-risks-tipping-the-balance
‘Feels like cheating the system’: Home-based food businesses stir debate among restaurant owners | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/feels-like-cheating-the-system-home-based-food-businesses-stir-debate-among-restaurant-owners
Fairness, fear, and the great HBB backlash | https://www.thepeakmagazine.com.sg/influence/home-based-businesses-regulation-problem
Ex-F&B boss questions legality of home-based cafes in S'pore, points out skirting of strict rules | https://mothership.sg/2025/06/home-based-cafes-singapore-legal-or-loud/
SFA - Requirements for Home-based Food Businesses | https://www.sfa.gov.sg/food-retail/businesses-that-currently-do-not-need-licence-permit/home-based-food-businesses/requirements-for-home-based-food-businesses
URA - Home-Based Business Scheme | https://www.ura.gov.sg/Corporate/Guidelines/Home-Business/Home-Based-Businesses
[Jan 2025] From brownies to manicures, home-based businesses are thriving. But can they survive long term? | https://www.channelnewsasia.com/today/big-read/big-read-home-based-businesses-adapt-grow-4834961
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