William Quarterman remembers the exact moment he learned that he had been accused of using AI to cheat: Between classes when he logged onto the student web portal at the University of California, Davis, to check his midterm grade in a history class.
The exam had been a take-home one and Quarterman, a senior, was shocked to learn that not only had he been given a zero, but his professor was accusing him of cheating by using ChatGPT to write his essay. The professor also informed him that she was referring Quarterman's case to the university’s Office of Student Support and Judicial Affairs for academic dishonesty.
