Louisiana State University has warned its students that representing AI-generated classwork as their own could result in academic misconduct charges.
The school released the warning after LSU gymnastics star Olivia Dunne promoted the AI-powered schoolwork automation app Caktus AI on social media.
- Dunne shared a paid promotion of the Caktus AI tool on her TikTok account, which claims over 7.2 million followers.
- Shortly
after, LSU released a statement saying AI and other technology "can
foster learning and creativity," and its students and professors are
empowered to use tech for learning purposes.
- "However, using AI
to produce work that a student then represents as one's own could
result in a charge of academic misconduct, as outlined in the Code of
Student Conduct," it said.
- LSU's Code of Student Conduct
outlaws plagiarism, including the failure to use "appropriate citations"
and submitting "unacknowledged" ideas, words, and data.
