Leading Australian university investigates complaints of faculty using AI to grade papers.

The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is investigating allegations that a faculty member used artificial intelligence (AI) to grade assignments.

A screenshot of allegedly AI-generated review responses was posted on social media platform X - Screenshot X/Churgersasx

On October 28th, The Daily Telegraph reported that UNSW's business school was facing online criticism. The incident began when a student in the Master of Applied Finance program posted a complaint alleging that a lecturer had used the ChatGPT tool to grade their assignments.

On October 23, the aforementioned student posted a screenshot of their computer screen on social media platform X along with the comment: "So happy that AI graded my postgraduate assignment at UNSW. I have to pay $5,000 every six weeks for this privilege."

The image shows the instructor's feedback, written in the plagiarism detection software TurnItIn, with the notable statement: "ChatGPT said: …the submission demonstrates a deep understanding of the Australian payment and fraud prevention context" and awarded the assignment 88/100 points.

A UNSW spokesperson confirmed that the university "is aware of the incident in question and will handle it in accordance with the university's internal policies and procedures."

She added: "The school has developed a framework to support and guide the ethical, responsible, and creative use of AI."

We believe that students and staff should not become overly reliant on technology, and that independent thinking and knowledge are always essential."

Last month, UNSW also became the first major Australian university to sign a licensing agreement with OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT. Under the agreement, the university is granting all staff free access to the chatbot in a 10-month pilot program within its business faculty.

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/dai-hoc-hang-dau-uc-dieu-tra-khieu-nai-giang-vien-dung-ai-cham-bai-20251028144304827.htm