Technology and new media

ARC responds to allegations that assessors were using chatbot to write feedback on applications

Students’ sometimes unexpected use of AI, from generating emails to translating their original work, is encouraging a ‘rethink’ by academics

Researchers recommend training after survey also finds that while four in 10 respondents are uncomfortable about staff getting drunk with students, three in 10 don’t mind

When passable texts, images and music can be automatically generated, the creative industries may need fewer, better graduates, says Ian Pace

Scientists and technologists must participate in a genuinely collective project to regulate technological development, says Nicholas Dirks

Collective effort can combat misinformation, respond to climate change and harness the power of AI for the good of mankind, says Rocky Tuan

Applicants to one of Australia’s major funding streams report spotting tell-tale signs of chatbot use

Chemistry laureate Avram Hershko says ChatGPT should be forced to cite its sources and state uncertainty levels

If passable essays can be generated in seconds, should educators refocus on originality and style – or reframe assessment entirely, asks Andrew Moore

ChatGPT’s ability to churn out mediocre papers should lead us to reappraise how research is carried out, reported and evaluated, says Martyn Hammersley

‘AI teaching leader’ IU, majority owned by private equity firm, adds Canadian university to portfolio alongside London banking education provider

Massive grant ‘could appear small’ in future, says scholar, as field enjoys influx of industry money

Research on responsible AI will seek to inform national policy and regulation, says UKRI

Ex-PM and former Tory leader urge replacement of Turing Institute with ‘Cern for AI’, which could position Britain as leader in innovation and good practice

Lawyers consider bringing joint claim over breach, but pension fund says no evidence personal information stolen during Capita attack is circulating widely

Advancements in technologies can also present substantial opportunities for innovation in the sector, investors say

Powerful new technologies are transforming the way universities operate, even before the impact of ChatGPT is truly felt

‘Infinite’ research budgets have allowed industry to surge ahead of academia, but scholars will be essential for steering new technologies towards common good, say experts

Universities have focused on impact on assessments, but internet pioneer tells THE conference changes must extend to teaching and research

Digital learning experts tell THE event sector is experiencing only the first wave of innovation, with much more to come

Higher education institutions more likely to be targeted than other educational bodies

Assessment needs rethinking, but ChatGPT et al could streamline processes, improve tutoring and highlight collaborations, says Nick Jennings

The theft of more than $800,000 by hackers prompted uncomfortable conversations about preparedness – or lack of it, says John Cox

Social scientist sees hand of ChatGPT in list of non-existent papers cited in peer reviewer’s rejection

ChatGPT must compel humanities scholars to rethink their acceptance of intellectual mediocrity and lax standards, says James Walker

New version of OpenAI’s chatbot can interpret images and tutor students

The AI chatbot may soon kill the undergraduate essay, but its transformation of research could be equally seismic. Jack Grove examines how ChatGPT is already disrupting scholarly practices and where the technology may eventually take researchers – for good or ill

AI-powered tools without multiple mechanisms of censorship are unlikely to be allowed on mainland, expert says

Retrofitting traditional assessment methods with more accessible and inclusive overlays is not the right way to go, says Katie Stripe

Students turning to AI to generate answers undermines business case of contract cheating industry

Eerie AI simulations of academic writing show why student essays must return to their more imaginative and freewheeling roots, says Colm O’Shea

Forcing undergraduates to use AI chatbots as a learning tool will help students and educators, argues Dan Sarofian-Butin

AI-written essays have exposed the unambitious and unoriginal thinking that universities require from undergraduates, says James Warren

US’ leading basic research funder says links in grant applications compromise security and fairness, but scientists call the ban antiquated

Edtech giant prepares to offer customers new tool from April as it grapples with challenges posed by ChatGPT

AI-generated answers showed ‘new, non-obvious and clinically valid’ insights in tests usually taken by students after years of study

Edtech giants and plucky start-ups are vying to create potentially lucrative tools to combat the use of AI in assessments, but will they cause more problems than they solve?

Duisburg-Essen has had to rebuild entire IT infrastructure and postpone admissions deadlines, although teaching and exams are able to continue

With most major players making redundancies and tightening their belts, edtech has faced a difficult year, but could moves into career development save the industry?

The emergence of ChatGPT underlines that keeping the status quo may be the beginning of the end for legal education, warns Mimi Zou

AI becoming smarter and more accessible should be viewed not only as a cheating risk, say experts

We need to prepare students to thrive in a world where they use AI but are not dependent on it, says Mike Groves

Governance of data science research makes it difficult to highlight potentially harmful impacts that might arise, says ethics review report

Sector’s digital ambitions not matched by training, investment and support for staff in transition to more online learning, finds Jisc survey

Those forced to surrender their technology at the door show higher rates of comprehension and mindfulness, plus less anxiety

Thousands of students participated in the Ucas survey on digital resources

Technology will never be properly integrated into teaching if it is seen as separate from the physical classroom, says David Puttnam

Edinburgh’s finance chaos exposes deeper problems with the tools institutions rely on to function day-to-day

Computer scientist on his company’s foray into testing, competing with TikTok and lessons from being a university professor

Data theft from health insurance giant stokes fears that students could be targeted by hackers or their impersonators

Foreign interference and cybersecurity are ‘right problems’ for university leaders to be focusing on, minister tells chancellors

But administrators must weigh the risk of hanging on to data against getting rid of it too soon

Research England examining study on how AI might be used to predict quality of research outputs

As oversubscribed classes become painfully commonplace, students with computer skills test marketplace to bypass administrators

NSA used 40 programmes to hack into aerospace university, Beijing claims

First driven by necessity due to the pandemic, broadcasting from ecological sites has many advantages, says academic 

The perception of technicians as non-intellectual workers contributes to the undervaluing of technical career paths, says Urszula Pawlicka-Deger

A new scheme will see West African and Australian universities co-create courses that can be replicated across the region, says Joanna Newman

The myths underlying politicians’ insistence on a blanket return to face-to-face teaching must be busted carefully, says Alistair Jarvis

Leap into advanced cloud-based system doubles in single year, though big costs and complications still leave larger institutions on the sidelines