A group of Oxford University students were encouraged to use AI 'thoughtfully and critically' to help them write some essays

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A group of Oxford University students were encouraged to use AI 'thoughtfully and critically' to help them write some essays

Oxford University students were given the go-ahead to use AI tools like ChatGPT to help them write an essay for a class, The Telegraph reported Tuesday.

Professor Steve New, who teaches a module on technology and operations management, told The Telegraph that undergraduates studying Economics and Management were made to undertake the task in his class and that it wouldn't be part of any formal assessment.

He explained that when AI tools are used "thoughtfully and critically" it "should help you produce a much better essay than you would produce unaided."

A note on the course said that the assignment has been adapted to the current academic year because of how generative AI systems like ChatGPT, Bard, and Claude have "changed the environment in which we work." It said that AI tools "can greatly enhance your ability to generate essays".

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