Universities In Japan Are Banning Chat-GPT, Calling Risk Of Information Leak!

The Japanese education sector prohibits the use of ChatGPT made by OpenAI in their environment. (photo: doc. unsplash)

JAKARTA - The sophistication of AI chatbots has made many education sectors prohibit the use of ChatGPT made by OpenAI in their environment. Now a Japanese university is the latest on the list.

Tokyo Sophia University has banned students from using Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots to write assignments such as essays, reports, and theses.

"Use of text, program source code, calculation results generated by ChatGPT and other AI chatbots are not permitted on any assignments such as reaction papers, reports, essays, and theses, as students do not create them themselves," said Sophia University of Tokyo in a statement. new guidelines published on its official website on 27 March.

"If use is confirmed by detection tools, etc., strict action will be taken in accordance with the University's Disciplinary Rules on Misconduct," he added.

A similar step was also taken by the University of Tokyo which uploaded a document entitled About Generative AI, "Reports must be made by students themselves and cannot be generated only with the help of AI," he said on his internal website on April 3.

Additionally, Tohoku University did not fail to inform students that there would be serious problems for their own learning if they used generative AI to compile reports that could lead to rigorous grade evaluations.

Not only students, but Tohoku University also warns its teachers that when using generative AI tools to assess and translate unpublished research results, data can also be accidentally leaked to service providers, in part or in whole.

"There is a risk that information that should not be leaked to the outside, such as information about entrance exams and personal information of students and lecturers, will be passed on to service providers through AI generation, and others, there is a risk that it will be presented as answers to other users," explained Tohoku University.

Further quoted from NDTV, Tuesday, April 11, during the Kyoto University acceptance ceremony, the Chancellor of Nagahiro Minato University also reminded his students that papers produced by AI would have many problems.

“Writing takes a lot of energy, but it strengthens your mentality and thinking skills,” Minato told the students.

Japan is not alone, several universities in Australia also banned chatbots that were launched in November 2022. Among them, the states of Queensland and New South Wales, until they can assess whether the chat is appropriate for use. Universities in France and several schools in New York City, United States (US) also did the same thing.