The parents of a Massachusetts high school student are suing the school for punishing their son over the use of artificial intelligence in a paper.
According to a complaint filed last month in Massachusetts court and obtained by PEOPLE, the parents, Jennifer and Dale Harris, alleged that Hingham High School violated their son’s civil rights and due process, “resulting in the imposition of pervasive, continuing and severe academic consequences arising from his use of artificial intelligence on a class research project.”
Per the complaint, the parents said that the Hingham High School Student Handbook for the 2023-2024 school year did not contain any policies or procedures concerning AI.
“At the time,” the complaint said, “the Handbook did not consider artificial intelligence or inform the administration, faculty or students of the circumstances in which it may be permissibly used or whether its use was a sanctionable academic integrity infraction.” It also …