Hundreds of students are using AI to cheat on their assignments - but universities have worked out how to catch them and it's simpler than you might think

Ushered in by the use of artificial intelligence tools Waves of students are turning to artificial intelligence to write their assignments but universities are doubling down on methods to catch them out. Sydney University has revealed 330 assignments were completed using AI in 2023 and the University of NSW recently said they had similarly found a 'new wave' of cheaters emerging. OpenAI's ChatGPT engine, which helped fuel the AI boom, has emerged as the favoured tool of lazy students with a 60.2 per cent share of the total industry website visits, according to Visual Capitalist. A 'new wave' of fraudulent assignments using AI have been found by universities in 2023 Deakin University's cheating detection expert, Professor Phillip Dawson, said detection of AI generated in student work was notoriously difficult. A Sydney University spokeswoman said that markers are reading assignments with more attention to detail in order to root out cheaters Mr Thorley said that the universities his company had been consulting with were encouraging the use of generative AI 'in the right framework and right guidelines'.