UK universities have drawn up a set of guiding principles to ensure students and staff are AI literate as the industry struggles to adapt teaching and assessment methods to cope with the growing use of AI. 
Vice-chancellors from the 24 Russell Group research universities have contributed to the new regulations. They say it will help universities harness the opportunities of artificial intelligence while protecting academic integrity in higher education. education.
Although there was initially talk of banning software like ChatGPT in education to prevent cheating, the new regulations state that schoolchildren/students should be taught to use artificial intelligence appropriately in their studies, while at the same time informing them of the risksthefts, bias and inaccuracy with the use of artificial intelligence.
Staff should also be trained to be able to assist pupils/students, many of whom are already using ChatGPT in their work.
New ways of assessing students are likely to emerge to reduce the risk of cheating.
All 24 Russell Group universities have revised their academic conduct policies and guidelines to reflect and embrace the emergence of artificial intelligence.
The new guideline line says:
“These policies make it clear to students and staff that the use of artificial intelligence is inappropriate and are intended to support them in λήψη informed decisions and empower them to use these tools appropriately where appropriate. "
