Sydney academic used AI to write SMH opinion piece urging students to avoid using tech to ‘cut corners’
A Sydney academic used AI to draft an opinion piece urging students to avoid shortcuts in their studies. The article was removed by the Sydney Morning Herald after it was identified as 100% AI-generated. Western Sydney University defended the use of AI, stating it was appropriate and reflected the author's original ideas.
- ▪Cath Ellis, a pro-vice chancellor at Western Sydney University, wrote an opinion piece for the Sydney Morning Herald advocating against using AI to cut corners in education.
- ▪The article was removed after being flagged as entirely AI-generated by an AI-detector service.
- ▪The university stated that Ellis's use of AI was appropriate, as it was based on her own original materials.
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A spokesperson for Western Sydney University said Cath Ellis ‘uploaded 40,000 words of her own original materials into a Copilot Large Language Model’ to form the basis of early drafts for her Sydney Morning Herald piece. Photograph: Carly Earl/The GuardianView image in fullscreenA spokesperson for Western Sydney University said Cath Ellis ‘uploaded 40,000 words of her own original materials into a Copilot Large Language Model’ to form the basis of early drafts for her Sydney Morning Herald piece.
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