Biological Sciences Scholars

"He told Judge Castel on Thursday that he had believed ChatGPT had greater reach than standard databases. “I heard about this new site, which I falsely assumed was, like, a super search engine,” Mr. Schwartz said." (Weiser and Schweber, 2023)

Brodkin, Jon. 2023. “Lawyers Have Real Bad Day in Court after Citing Fake Cases Made up by ChatGPT.” Ars Technica. June 23, 2023. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/lawyers-have-real-bad-day-in-court-after-citing-fake-cases-made-up-by-chatgpt/.

Weiser, Benjamin, and Nate Schweber. 2023. “The ChatGPT Lawyer Explains Himself.” The New York Times, June 8, 2023, sec. New York. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/08/nyregion/lawyer-chatgpt-sanctions.html.

Academic Misconduct

The Office of Academic Affairs’ Code of Student Conduct clearly outlines proper and improper AI usage during your studies. Recall that academic misconduct can result in dismissal from the university. More information on academic misconduct can be found here.

We also highly recommend doing a quick check of your courses’ syllabi for course-specific information regarding the use of AI.

“Content | Cybersecurity For You | Ohio State.” n.d. Accessed January 29, 2024. https://cybersecurity4you.osu.edu/content/5750981c-202b-4dd7-912f-6d60afbcaf6c.

"Per a statement from Ohio State’s Chief Information Security Officer, University faculty, staff, students, and affiliates should not enter institutional data into any generative AI tools, including ChatGPT."

“Content | Cybersecurity For You | Ohio State.” n.d. Accessed January 29, 2024. https://cybersecurity4you.osu.edu/content/5750981c-202b-4dd7-912f-6d60afbcaf6c.