ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND PLAGIARISM IN STUDENT WRITING

Usage of AI, especially text generating tools, such as ChatGPT, raises ethical issues and dilemmas on how to guide students to achieve learning outcomes, by respecting core values of academic integrity. Specifically, AI tools are becoming more accessible, and easy to use, so teachers are faced with new concerns: does using AI to complete writing assignments represent a form of plagiarism by students? When can it be considered that AI tools are technical assistance, and from which point we may say that AI enables and enhances plagiarism? This paper tries to summarize the current state of knowledge on this topic and offers insights on different points of view presented in the relevant literature. This research also explores the legislature in the Republic of Serbia in an attempt to define whether current normative acts offer clear answers on relation between plagiarism and AI. The paper seeks to provide an overview of the rules adopted by universities at Republic of Serbia which regulate plagiarism, or the ethical norms which set the standards for academic integrity, that academic writing, also, must follow. This paper tries to provide answers to questions are we in a need to redefine the notion of plagiarism in the realm of higher education, and if so, how to do it.