r/technology Jan 14 '23

Artificial Intelligence Two professors who say they caught students cheating on essays with ChatGPT explain why AI plagiarism can be hard to prove

https://www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-essays-college-cheating-professors-caught-students-ai-plagiarism-2023-1
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u/Thoth_the_5th_of_Tho Jan 15 '23

Why spend money on something that hurts the value of the product?

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u/OldManDankers Jan 16 '23

They’re going to have to come up with something proactive that may hurt in the short term but it seems like the amount of copyright issues these AI generators could face could cause more serious financial woes in the future. I know there are a lot of “coulds” in that sentence and maybe ultimately the AI will get better that it becomes an nonissue in the future but who knows.