OpenAI believes that teachers will not be able to determine if students are using ChatGPT to complete homework assignments

OpenAI has released a guide for teachers on how to use ChatGPT in the classroom. The document claims that websites and apps promising to detect artificial intelligence in student work are unreliable.

Here's What We Know

According to the company, detectors cannot reliably distinguish AI content from human-written text.

"When we at OpenAI tried to train an AI-generated content detector, we found that it labeled human-written text like Shakespeare and the Declaration of Independence as AI-generated", the FAQ says.

What's more, content detectors sometimes tend to mistake AI for the work of students whose native language is not English.

OpenAI recognises the problem of AI-assisted cheating. The company suggested that instructors ask students to save their ChatGPT conversations and submit them in homework assignments.

"By keeping a record of their conversations with AI, students can reflect on their progress over time. They can see how their skills in asking questions, analyzing responses, and integrating information have developed"- OpenAI writes.

Flashback

Since its introduction, ChatGPT has quickly become popular with students. Its ability to generate persuasive text makes it a handy tool for assignments such as essay writing and research.

However, instructors are concerned that students are deceiving them by passing off the chatbot's ideas and phrases as their own. Also, students are becoming too dependent on the tool, which remains prone to errors and hallucinations.

Professors began identifying students using ChatGPT to cheat on college essays just over a month after the chatbot was released

Source: Insider