The Aug. 25 Chronicle of Higher Education Academe Today daily briefing features an article, “No, ChatGPT Can’t Be Your New Research Assistant,” highlighting the AI-based text generator’s known tendency to create false academic sources for scholarly articles and books.
The recent high-profile incident of a lawyer admonished for citing fictitious case law obtained through ChatGPT is another reminder of dangers of relying on AI-generated scholarly work. The CHE article highlights the imperative to educate students (and faculty!) to critically review AI-generated text and to practice academic integrity.
Best wishes for a successful semester based on sound scholarly practices!
[This article was written solely by Brenda Hazard, Library Director, with no AI intervention.]