Hong Kong universities relent to rise of ChatGPT, AI tools for teaching and assignments, but keep eye out for plagiarism

Breakneck pace of AI development prompts most universities to adopt ChatGPT and other tools. Academics revamp teaching, while students who do not acknowledge AI help with assignments will face penalties. — SCMP

Ashley Lam Cheuk-yiu, a second-year marketing student at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), had an assignment to design an advertising campaign for a brand using concepts taught in class.

The 20-year-old wrote a 600-word essay that proposed tech giant Apple should use its famous “Think Different” slogan to promote human rights and gender equality as well as its iPhone products.