Emory students won a $10,000 prize for their AI tool. Then the university punished them.

• Emory University suspended students who created a celebrated AI-driven study tool.
• The students won $10,000 from a school pitch competition for the product last year.
• One of the students just sued the school, saying there's no evidence anyone used his product to cheat.

Emory University students created an artificial intelligence-driven study tool last year.

Professors and students praised the program, called Eightball. The student newspaper wrote about it. The founders won a pitch competition sponsored by the school and took home $10,000. The business school highlighted them on social media.