Did ChatGPT do this homework? It's difficult to prove, research shows

Welcomed by students, feared by teachers, AI chatbots are set to change education. Many educators have pinned their hopes on new AI-detecting software tools in the fight against cheating with ChatGPT. But one plagiarism researcher has bad news for them. — Photo: Philipp von Ditfurth/dpa

BERLIN: Over the past year, researchers have found clear evidence of the use of AI text generators in several scientific papers.

And yet when it comes to the illicit scholarly use of AI chatbots, we may have only seen the tip of the iceberg.