Panel to review appeal of NTU student penalized for AI usage

Another student's request for appeal was rejected; the third did not submit appeal

- Emerald Lo

A panel with artificial intelligence (AI) experts convened by the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) will assess the appeal of one of the three university students who were penalized for AI usage in their submitted work.

All three of them were given zero marks for an essay as part of a module on health, disease outbreaks and politics at the School of Social Sciences.

In response to queries, NTU said on June 26 that it had met two of the students in separate face-to-face consultations this week to discuss their cases.

The objective of the consultation for the first student was to assess the grounds for appeal and not to make any conclusions about the specifics of her case, said a spokeswoman.

For the second student, her request for an appeal was rejected, as "the student had admitted to using Gen AI for the essay and had shared how it was used prior to the preliminary inquiry in April", she added.

The third student told The Straits Times that he did not submit an appeal.

NTU said the first student has formally submitted her appeal to the university, adding that details cannot be provided while this process is ongoing.