ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered conversational chatbot created by US-based research lab OpenAI, is among the electronic items that students are not allowed to carry in the examination hall for the CBSE Class 10 and 12 exams that began on Wednesday.
“Mobile, ChatGPT and other electronic items will not be allowed in the examination hall,” read a set of instructions issued by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on the eve of the board exams for which more than 38 lakh students are appearing. scheduled to appear.
A senior board official said the AI chatbot was banned so that “unfair means are not used”. However, this is not the first time that ChatGPT has been banned to prevent its use in academic activities. In January, Bengaluru’s RV University banned the use of the chatbot on campus, adding that surprise checks would also be conducted to ensure the order was fully complied with.
Schools and colleges in the United States – in New York and Seattle – have ordered students not to use the software tool. In France, Sciences Po University has warned students they will be expelled if they are found using the software.
Since its launch in November last year, ChatGPT has helped a student pass a university exam in just twenty minutes, while the bot itself passed a law school exam in the US. This is because it is able to generate speeches, songs, news articles, essays based on the input given to it.
