AI plagiarism accusations lead to mass student failures by professor.

An instructor at Texas A&M University–Commerce is being investigated after accusing students of using AI chatbot, ChatGPT, to write their final assignments. The instructor, Jared Mumm, reportedly told students that they would receive an "X" in the course after testing each paper twice with the bot. The screenshot of his email went viral on Reddit, sparking debate around the impact of chatbots on education. The university confirmed the email and said that no students were prevented from graduating, but some received a temporary grade of "incomplete" to determine whether AI was used. The school plans to develop policies to address the use or misuse of AI technology in the classroom.