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‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI | Staffordshire University

AI in Education EditorialUpdated July 14, 20261 min readRead source
‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI | Staffordshire University
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Skip to main content Skip to navigation Skip to navigation 1:29 Staffordshire student confronts lecturer for using AI-generated slides – video This article is more than 5 months old ‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI This article is more than 5 months old Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent Students at the University of Staffordshire have said they feel “robbed of knowledge and enjoyment”

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