When OpenAI released the tool, it quickly took off, attracting over a million users in under a week and drawing widespread attention for its ability to generate almost any level of text-based fodder using technology from a field of machine learning called natural language processing.

Stanford dropout Sam Altman is among the company’s co-founders. The chatbot was created by San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company OpenAI and launched in November. “In most courses, unpermitted aid includes AI tools like ChatGPT.” “Students are expected to complete coursework without unpermitted aid,” wrote spokesperson Dee Mostofi. Whether the new technology will necessitate a revision of the Honor Code, the University’s standards for academic integrity, remains to be seen: A University spokesperson confirmed that the Board of Judicial Affairs is aware of and monitoring these emerging tools. And according to an informal poll conducted by The Daily, a large number of students have already used ChatGPT on their final exams. Some professors have already overhauled their courses in anticipation of how students might use the chatbot to complete assignments and exams. Stanford students and professors alike are grappling with the rise of ChatGPT, a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence, and the technology’s implications for education.

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