Parents of MA high schooler disciplined for using AI sue school [Video]

BOSTON — The parents of a high school senior in Massachusetts argued in federal court in Boston on Tuesday that their son was unfairly punished for using artificial intelligence while researching a history project, harming his prospects for acceptance to an elite college.

Lawyers for the couple said the lawsuit points to larger unaddressed questions about the role of AI in schools. A federal judge did not immediately issue a ruling Tuesday. The parents initially filed the case in state court, but it was bumped up to federal court by the defendants, according to a lawyer for the parents.

In one of his honors courses, Dale and Jennifer Harris said their son was paired with another student and chose to write a paper about basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as part of an assignment about …