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The guidance document admits that we do not have all the answers; it provides links to research and articles about the topic. It will be a webpage that is routinely updated by the DTLC.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) content generators use artificial intelligence to assemble content using natural human language processing. These services, like ChatGPT, utilize search engines and databases to generate a wide variety of written and/or symbolic documents, sometimes using real references and sometimes fabricating them. Other services, like DALL-E, produce multimedia content-like images. Even services like Grammarly incorporate Artificial Intelligence to aid in writing. These technologies continue to evolve at an exponential pace.
Because many of these services are able to produce content in a robust and realistic manner, there has been increasing concern in the broader higher education community that AI content generation may be used by students to complete assignments, essays, or other activities in a manner that would violate academic integrity and undermine student learning. Additionally, the expanding availability of these tools across computing devices, such as embedded within other software programs, increases the chances that students will not recognize their use as notable or even as a generative AI tool. Understanding AI tools as well as their scope and application will facilitate engaging with these new technologies as informed scholars and educators.