Science in danger

AI plagiarism leads doctor and co. to crime

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New wave of counterfeiting at domestic universities: claims for damages and copyright infringements loom. Students still rely on artificial intelligence.

Well-known artificial intelligence programs such as ChatGPT have radically changed the way we study. Assignments can be written, research questions formulated and analyses carried out with just a few clicks. A danger for science: "AI tools can help, but they are no substitute for your own thinking," warn communication scientists Matthias Karmasin and Rainer Ribing.