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Sydney academic used AI to write SMH opinion piece urging students to avoid using tech to ‘cut corners’
Sydney Morning Herald removes piece by Cath Ellis, despite Western Sydney University saying her use of AI was ‘appropriate’
TL;DR
- A Sydney academic, Prof Cath Ellis, wrote an opinion piece urging students not to use AI to avoid cutting corners.
- The opinion piece was published in the Sydney Morning Herald.
- The article was later found to have been written using AI by Prof Ellis.
- Western Sydney University stated that Prof Ellis used AI appropriately by having it summarize her own work.
- The Sydney Morning Herald removed the article, stating the use of AI was not disclosed and unacceptable.
- Incidents of AI-generated content being published without disclosure are becoming more common in media outlets.