Students must be engaged in the normalisation of generative AI within schools and universities, academics have argued amidst revelations that Monash University has flagged around 250 suspected breaches of student misuse of generative AI (GenAI) this year alone. While many breaches are “undetectable”, Monash acting deputy vice-chancellor for education Professor Allie Clemans told a House of Representatives committee that “there have been hunches, senses, or people have used their own techniques to consider whether there have been breaches.” Rather than focusing exclusively on catching students out, however, Monash is working to teach students appropriate ways to use ChatGPT and other GenAI tools – including creating a new category of academic integrity breach that, Clemans said, punishes “inappropriate use of artificial intelligence in assessment… to allow us to take action should that occur.”
