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Parents Sue School That Gave Bad Grade to Student Who Used AI to Complete Assignment (gizmodo.com)

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A Massachusetts couple claims that their son's high school attempted to derail his future by giving him detention and a bad grade on an assignment he wrote using generative AI.

An old and powerful force has entered the fraught debate over generative AI in schools: litigious parents angry that their child may not be accepted into a prestigious university.

In what appears to be the first case of its kind, at least in Massachusetts, a couple has sued their local school district after it disciplined their son for using generative AI tools on a history project. Dale and Jennifer Harris allege that the Hingham High School student handbook did not explicitly prohibit the use of AI to complete assignments and that the punishment visited upon their son for using an AI tool—he received Saturday detention and a grade of 65 out of 100 on the assignment—has harmed his chances of getting into Stanford University and other elite schools.

Yeah, I'm 100% with the school on this one.

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[–] Clbull 5 points 2 months ago

That's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for them.

[–] normalexit 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"But mommy, it isn't fair!" and a whole lot of money will put this kid back on the fast track.

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[–] RememberTheApollo_ 4 points 2 months ago

Must be management parents. Because it’s not explicitly prohibited, they can do it, and it's not their fault if someone disagrees.

[–] aesthelete 3 points 2 months ago

There's a greater chance someone will see this story and the whiny parents and that will prevent this little creep from getting into Stanford.

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