Misuse of AI

MISUSE of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

AI is a new landscape for faculty and students.  While we want students to produce original content, there are still many unanswered questions about what to do when there is suspicion that a student is using AI and representing it as their own idea.   These unanswered questions include: how do I - or how can I - determine a student's work is AI-generated?  How should I respond if I believe a student has submitted work generated by AI?  

There are several "detector tools" available online and free to use.  Increasingly, these tools are demonstrating inconsistent results, however, so we cannot rely on them as a clear indicator of AI-generated content.  Faculty are urged to approach any suspected instance of AI  generated student work - including any results provided by such detection tools  - critically. Faculty should not make decisions about whether or not a student's work is AI generated based on a detector's (or detectors') results alone.  AI detector findings must be considered within a broader scope of information, such as observations of that student's work in other assignments, across the course., or in previous classes.  

If you have questions about how to approach instances of suspected AI use in student work, you may wish to share your concerns with your program director, chair, and/or dean before making a final decision about how to manage the suspected AI content from a student.   

IMPORTANT NOTE: At this time, the University is not using AI detector tools (such as the one embedded in Turnitin) out of concerns regarding such tool's accuracy.  Please check back to this page regularly for any updates on IU's response to this ever-evolving technology.