As the education sector grapples with the impacts of ChatGPT—an Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbox—one university in Australia’s Group of Eight has introduced a new detection tool that can help teachers identify any unauthorised use of AI in student submissions.
In a student notice published on April 11, the University of New South Wales (UNSW) said the AI detection software would provide teachers with the percentage of AI-generated text and highlight the relevant passages.
The university noted that the unauthorised use of AI in assignments is “a form of cheating and is considered to be student misconduct.”
While the new tool—developed by a commercial provider—would not be entirely accurate, it will be used as one piece of information to indicate unauthorised use of AI in assignments and trigger further investigation….