(1 Sep 2023) Students and academics who use artificial intelligence tools to ‘ghostwrite’ essays or dissertations risk having their degrees revoked according to a new draft Degree Law to tackle misconduct, including plagiarism that is currently before China’s National People’s Congress (NPC).
The draft law, submitted to the Standing Committee of the NPC this week, proposes that degrees should be revoked for a raft of infractions related to misconduct, cheating and fraud.
The penalties will also apply to those who have already obtained bachelor, masters or doctoral-level degrees if they are later found to have used ‘illegal means’, including the use of AI tools, to falsify data or use ghostwritten essays.
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