The latest literary AI scandal forces us to question what we expect of writers. Some French authors argue AI is now part of our lives – and authorship is evolving.
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Unis have always had academic misconduct processes in place. But the impact of these experiences on students’ wellbeing has been mostly anecdotal.
The resignation and death of the Cambridge professor is the latest chapter in a centuries-old struggle over originality and intellectual ownership – one intensified by the rise of generative AI.
As schools consider AI guidelines, educators are also thinking about how they can adjust their assignments to accurately measure what students are actually learning.
The safeguards in place to protect research integrity are not keeping pace with the tools that can be used to circumvent them.
Has our culture’s begrudging acceptance of ghostwriting paved the way for everyone – not just the rich and famous – to offload the hard work of writing?
How can business schools best navigate the AI era? Does GenAI in higher education constitute a level playing field where educational inequality and diverse learning needs are concerned?
Employers and societies demand graduates who can evaluate information and make sound judgments.
When is it acceptable to use AI in academic publishing?
Nagi Maehashi has accused the author of Bake with Brooki of plagiarising two of her recipes: for caramel slice and baklava. Big money is involved.
In 2023, more than 10,000 research papers were retracted because of scientific misconduct. But it’s not always deliberate.
If educators want to make valid inferences about what students know and can do, assessments like drafts, works-in-progress and repeated observations of student learning are needed.
The upside to this war of words? More competition is boosting consumer choice, including with OpenAI’s release over the weekend of a new AI model, o3-mini.
Where are the limits to using AI honestly and transparently? 3 philosophies can help the debate: deontological ethics, consequentialism and virtue ethics.
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s tenure has underwhelmed Ghanaians who held high hopes for his presidency.
Publications drive university rankings and career progression. But the relentless pressure to publish has contributed to an increase in fraudulent data.
Big EdTech is increasingly filling a gap left by university underfunding. But tertiary stakeholders must question whether such “solutions” really contribute to a university education.
From Lord Byron to Benson Boone, from Tennyson to TikTok, poetry endures because it speaks from – and to – the human heart, mind and imagination. AI might replicate it, but it can never replace it.
ChatGPT and other AI writing tools can make researchers more productive – but quality control is essential.
Politics and the lack of compensation are among the factors that can undermine the peer review process, which is important to the quality of knowledge in academic journals.
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Professor of Higher Education, Rhodes University, South Africa, Rhodes University
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Professor and Research Chair, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
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Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Technology Sydney
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Roger J. Kreuz is a Friend of The Conversation.
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Education and Students), University of Technology Sydney
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