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College student asks for her tuition fees back after catching her professor using ChatGPT


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Northeastern in the bag for the Bullshit Fountain:

Ella Stapleton grew suspicious of her business professor's lecture notes when she spotted telltale signs of AI generation, including a stray "ChatGPT" citation tucked into the bibliography, recurrent typos that mirrored machine outputs, and images depicting figures with extra limbs.

"He's telling us not to use it, and then he's using it himself." [...]

After a series of meetings, Northeastern ultimately decided to reject the senior's claim. [...]

"If my experience can be something people can learn from," [said Professor Rick Arrowood], "then, OK, that's my happy spot." [...]

Renata Nyul, Vice President for Communications, Northeastern University, told Fortune: "Northeastern embraces the use of artificial intelligence to enhance all aspects of its teaching, research, and operations. The university provides an abundance of resources to support the appropriate use of AI and continues to update and enforce relevant policies enterprise-wide."

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