ChatGPT: Cardiff students admit using AI on essays
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2023 1:17 pm
GETTY IMAGES, Cardiff University said it is aware of the potential impact of AI programmes on assessments and courseworkBy Bethan Wild
BBC News
University students have confessed to writing essays with the help of ChatGPT's artificial intelligence program.
Cardiff University students said they had received first class grades for essays written using the AI chatbot.
ChatGPT is an AI program capable of producing human-like responses and academic pieces of work.
Cardiff University said it was reviewing its policies and would issue new university-wide guidance shortly.
Tom, not his real name, is one of the students who conducted his own experiment using ChatGPT.
Tom, who averages a 2.1 grade, submitted two 2,500 essays in January, one with the help of the chatbot and one without.
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