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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Caitlin Cassidy Higher education reporter

Lecturer detects bot use in one-fifth of assessments as concerns mount over AI in exams

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ChatGPT is the latest viral chatbot software that has prompted concerns over cheating. Photograph: Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock

An associate communications lecturer at Deakin University has detected the use of bots in almost one-fifth of assessments, sparking concerns that the use of artificial technology to cheat in exams is widespread.

Of 54 summer postgraduate assessments Sally Brandon marked, 10 had “significant, detectable bot assistance” – the highest rate in the five years she has used software to detect bots.

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