• Short cuts

    Meena Jha     |      July 21, 2026

    Figures from plagiarism detection software used by Australia’s universities show that over half of students’ assignments used some form of AI and a tenth of assignments were over 80% AI generated.

  • Into the sausage machine

    Carolyn Heward     |      June 12, 2026

    Academia is being swamped by auto-generated AI slop shamelessly stealing the research of real academics and even the memories and experiences of themselves and their subjects.

  • The plagiarism generation?

    Guy Curtis     |      June 11, 2026

    It’s easy to find media articles claiming plagiarism is increasing among university students but while AI certainly poses a range of challenges for academic integrity, is plagiarism increasing as much as we think it is?

  • Will AI help students cheat their way to a degree?

    Sarah Elaine Eaton     |      November 7, 2021

    Plagiarism is a growing problem in universities around the world, and the fast-developing capabilities of artificial intelligence may create even more opportunities for cheating.