Is AI Helping or Just Cheating?
Family’s Lawsuit Over AI on Assignment Raises a Big Question: Is AI Helping or Just Cheating?
Parents Magazine - October 2024
The use of AI in education is uncharted territory. This legal case is becoming a catalyst for discussion about its use in schools.
As artificial intelligence (AI) companies rapidly release new models and major tech firms restructure to accelerate their initiatives, the debate over the use of AI in schools is intensifying.
A Massachusetts family is suing a teacher at Hingham High School, along with district faculty members, after the school claimed their son cheated when he utilized AI on a history project and dropped his grade on the assignment to a "D."
The family’s attorney argues the student had used AI similar to a Google search engine, and only in the outline stages. There remains an open dispute between the two parties as to what the school's AI policy is and whether it was breached.
The incident brings attention to the use of AI in schools and what's acceptable.