Simon Mccullum: Victoria University Senior Lecturer in software engineering on universities trying to counteract ChatGPT and plagiarism - Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

Universities are continuing their arms race against ChatGPT and AI.

Their plagiarism software, Turnitin, now has the ability to spot artificially formulated material with 98 percent accuracy.

Some New Zealand universities say they won’t use the new tool, preferring to wait until the technology has been tested before deciding.

Simon Mccullum, Victoria University senior lecturer in software engineering, says universities are fighting a battle against AI that they won't win.

"It's an arms race, which the generative AI will win. Because as soon as it got someone to test against, it will just change and get better."

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