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The extent of AI cheating at universities is significant and increasingly going undetected, a survey by The Guardian has found.

Academic misconduct among university students is nothing new. But with the rise of generative AI it is getting easier to do – and easier to get away with too.

A recent survey by The Guardian shows how the rise of the generative AI tool ChatGPT directly correlates with AI cheating among university students.

ChatGPT was released for public use in late 2022. The chatbot quickly garnered attention for its detailed responses and articulate answers across many domains of knowledge. By 2023 its use had exploded across education, business and tech sectors.

To survey the extent of academic integrity violations, The Guardian contacted 155 universities under the Freedom of Information Act requesting figures for proven cases of academic misconduct, plagiarism and AI misconduct in the last five years.

It found that as AI tools have become more sophisticated and accessible,...

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  • When I did my O and A levels (waaaay back now) we didn't have the luxury of the Internet let alone AI and LLMs.  My studies were done at my local library, a tiny little place in the corner of the local shops on the housing estate with limited reference books. I remember waiting weeks and weeks for a specific book to come back in to do some work for my Geography A level! I spent most evenings in the library just to get access to the books (and get away from my 2 year old toddler brother) . I wonder just how much better I would have done in my studies if the Internet had been around then (not that I did that bad to be fair but I could have done so much better!)  Slight smile

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  • When I did my O and A levels (waaaay back now) we didn't have the luxury of the Internet let alone AI and LLMs.  My studies were done at my local library, a tiny little place in the corner of the local shops on the housing estate with limited reference books. I remember waiting weeks and weeks for a specific book to come back in to do some work for my Geography A level! I spent most evenings in the library just to get access to the books (and get away from my 2 year old toddler brother) . I wonder just how much better I would have done in my studies if the Internet had been around then (not that I did that bad to be fair but I could have done so much better!)  Slight smile

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