Universities to return to ‘pen and paper’ exams after students caught using AI to write essays

Australia's leading universities say redesign of how students are assessed is critical' in the face of a revolution in computer-generated text

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Australian universities have been forced to change the way they run exams and other assessments amid fears students are using emerging artificial intelligence software to write essays.

Major institutions have added new rules which state that the use of AI is cheating, with some students already caught using the software. But one AI expert has warned universities are in an arms race" they can never win.

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