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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Technology
Donna Lu Science writer

Are Australian Research Council reports being written by ChatGPT?

ChatGPT
The Australian Research Council is facing allegations that some of its peer reviewers may have used ChatGPT to assess research proposals. Photograph: Skorzewiak/Alamy

The Australian Research Council has faced allegations that some of its peer reviewers may have used ChatGPT to assess research proposals, prompting a warning from the education minister and concerns about possible academic misconduct.

Several researchers have reported that some assessor feedback provided as part of the latest Discovery Projects round of grant funding included generic wording suggesting they may have been written by artificial intelligence.

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