What to Do If You’re Falsely Accused of Using AI to Cheat [Video]

When ChatGPT and other generative AI systems debuted, teachers and professors panicked about them becoming the author of the many assignments they would grade from that point on. The technology soon proved itself to be a poor student, frequently making factual errors and churning out robotic-sounding prose, but the possibility that it’s behind written assignments remains. 

In May 2023, an entire class at Texas A&M was accused of using ChatGPT. The proof? Their teacher ran their work through the AI and asked if it had produced the work, which is a dubious method to check for cheating. If you’ve been accused of cheating using AI, and you haven’t, defending yourself can seem like a Kafkaesque undertaking.

Unfortunately, it’s something that students can face at any point in their academic careers, particularly if they are Black, according to a study by Common Sense Media. It found that 20% of Black teens said they were falsely …