A Wisconsin professor says he caught 60 AI-written essays in just one class by combining hidden prompts with newer detection tools.
The professor later said the battle over AI-focused cheating has pushed him toward dropping writing assignments altogether.
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After ChatGPT started upending higher education, Timothy Paustian, a biology professor at UW–Madison, has tried several ways to catch chatbot-generated work.
Paustian spoke with The Atlantic about his recent efforts to catch students relying on prohibited AI tools…