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Ethical implications of ChatGPT and other large language models in academia

AI in Education Editorialβ€’β€’β€’Updated August 25, 2026β€’1 min readβ€’Read source
Ethical implications of ChatGPT and other large language models in academia
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article Front. Natural Language Processing Volume 8 - 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3389/frai.2025.1615761 Ethical implications of ChatGPT and other large language models in academia A A Ahmad Almufarreh 1 A A Ashfaq Ahmad 2 M A Muhammad Arshad 3,4 * C W Choo Wou Onn 5 R E Robinson Elechi 4,6 1. Deanship of Human Resources and Information Technology, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia 2.

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