IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CHANGING THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT PLAGIARISM IN THE CONTEXT OF ACADEMIC INTEGRITY?

Abstract

Since the dissemination of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools, i.e., ChatGPT, GPT-4, HeyPi, or DALL-E, one of the controversial educational projects’ topics has become the issue of plagiarism regarding the possibility of producing content,
such as written documents, mathematical solutions, or even a programming code. For this reason, the US company Turnitin has launched a tool called Orginality to detect artificial intelligence (AI) activity in text generation. In other words, this tool aims to help educators/ teachers identify written works that are likely to have been composed by AI. In recent times, one can also note the overwhelming abundance of algorithms and innovative modifications to AI tools that can thwart the process of detecting the author’s integrity. Thus, this article aims to outline: (a) the importance of contextual thinking when confronted with GenSI tools, and (2) of how long and whether we are (in fact) sufficient with current solutions in identifying academic integrity?