Tuesday, May 20, 2025

A New Headache for Honest Students: Proving They Didn’t Use A.I.; The Professors Are Using ChatGPT, and Some Students Aren’t Happy About It

 A New Headache for Honest Students: Proving They Didn’t Use A.I.

Students are resorting to extreme measures to fend off accusations of cheating, including hourslong screen recordings of their homework sessions.

Ms. Burrell’s grade was restored after she sent a 15-page PDF featuring time-stamped screenshots to the chair of the University of Houston-Downtown’s English department. Elsewhere, students have begun to mobilize against the use of faulty A.I.-detection programs.Credit...Hope Mora for The New York Times

The Professors Are Using ChatGPT, and Some Students Aren’t Happy About It

Students call it hypocritical. A senior at Northeastern University demanded her tuition back. But instructors say generative A.I. tools make them better at their jobs.

Ella Stapleton said she was surprised to find that a professor had used ChatGPT to assemble course materials. “He’s telling us not to use it, and then he’s using it himself,” she said.Credit...Oliver Holms for The New York Times