British students now hire lawyers to fight AI cheating accusations.
The Financial Times reported on Saturday that UK students are hiring lawyers to appeal AI misconduct findings. One student spent over £3,000 clearing her name after a detector flagged her essay. Her defence was the document's revision history, which lawyers now tell students to keep.
Why it mattersA detector score is a probability, not proof, and it can end a degree. If you write with notes and drafts saved, you keep the evidence that you wrote it.
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