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Parents sue school that gave low grade to student's AI-generated work

What's worse: the expensive and time-consuming litigation or the AI slop?

Rob Beschizza
Oct 16, 2024
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photo credit: VesnaArt / Shutterstock.com

A student at Hingham High School in Massachussetts used generative AI to complete an assignment in their history class. The teacher, upon learning that AI was used to complete the assignment, awarded the student a low grade and punished them with detention. The student's parents, Dale and Jennifer Harris, are sui…

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