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A test to catch AI cheaters

WXXI News

A college professor designed a way to see if his students were using ChatGPT to write their papers.

It turned out that almost 40% of his class was cheating. But perhaps just as alarming was the reason given by many students.

Professor Will Teague of Angelo State University joins us to explain how he did it and why students need to change the way they’re thinking about the value of higher education.

Our guests:

  • Will Teague, Ph.D., assistant professor of history at Angelo State University
  • Emmarae Stein, graduate writing instructor in the Writing, Speaking, and Argument Program at the University of Rochester

Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.
Julie Williams is an associate producer for "Connections with Evan Dawson." She started at WXXI in 2019 and has been working on Connections since 2022.