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• also introduce opportunities for educators to rethink assessment practices and engage students in deeper and more meaningful learning that can promote critical thinking skills.
• Sarah Elaine Eaton, an expert who studies academic integrity, cautions cheating may be under-reported: she has estimated that at Canadian universities, 70,000 students buy cheating services every year.
• 50 essays generated using ChatGPT produced sophisticated texts that were able to evade the traditional plagiarism check software.
• ChatGPT reached an estimated 100 million monthly active users in January, just two months after its launch
• Some argue educators should embrace AI as a valuable technological tool, provided applications are cited correctly. Others believe more resources and training are required so educators are better able to catch instances of cheating. Still others, such as New York City’s Department of Education, have resorted to blocking AI applications such as Ch...

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