AI is inflating student grades, and the effect points to outsourced work, not better learning

A UC Berkeley study analyzing over 500,000 grades indicates that the introduction of ChatGPT has led to significant grade inflation in writing and coding courses, primarily reflected in homework assignments. This trend suggests that AI tools are facilitating outsourced work rather than enhancing student learning outcomes. For practitioners, this raises concerns about the integrity of educational assessments and the potential reliance on AI for academic tasks.