On October 14th, according to ABC NewsAustraliaTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY (ACU) REGISTERED NEARLY 6000 CASES OF ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT IN 2024, OF WHICH ABOUT 90% INVOLVED THE USE OF AI. HOWEVER, A NUMBER OF STUDENTS INDICATED THAT THEY HAD BEEN WRONGLY ACCUSED OF NON-COMPLIANCE, WHICH HAD SERIOUSLY AFFECTED THEIR EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT。
A nursing student, Madereine, received a school e-mail during his graduation and job search and was accused of using AI to complete his job。
She claims that she was already anxious and faced additional academic misconduct。
in the end, she was clarified six months later, but the report card has long shown that "results withhold" has affected her job opportunities。
Tania Broadley, Vice-Chancellor of the school, said that the figures circulated outside were “highly exaggerated”, but admitted that there had been an increase in the number of reports of academic misconduct last year。
She revealed that "about half of the confirmed violations involved unauthorized AI use", including AI-generated operations, reference literature and rewrite or translation content. However, she emphasizes that “any case that relies solely on the Turnitin AI test tool as sole evidence has been dismissed”。
Many students reported that they were required to submit documents such as handwritten notes, search records to prove their innocence, and that investigations often took months, during which achievements were withheld and even affected graduation and employment。
SOME STUDENTS CLAIM THAT "ALMOST THE WHOLE OF THE PAPER IS MARKED AS AI" BUT LACK FURTHER EVIDENCE。
ACU is known to have abandoned the Turnitin in March this year AI DetectionTOOLS BECAUSE OF THEIR ACCURACY. THE COMPANY HAD ALSO WARNED ON THE INTERNET THAT THE AI REPORT "MAY BE MISCALCULATED" SHOULD NOT BE THE SOLE BASIS。
Education experts note that the mere prohibition of AI is not a solution. Danny Liu, a university professor at Sydney University, says that "academics are teachers, not policemen" and that schools should teach students how to use AI properly, not just punishment. He stressed that "the real question is whether students are learning, not cheating."。