Large Language Models Like ChatGPT Bring New Challenges to Higher Education

Abstract

This paper presented the advancement of technology and the concerns about its impact on higher education. The combined emergence of Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative Pre-Trained Transformer has resulted in applications like ChatGPT which have revolutionized higher education, offering unprecedented access to information and facilitating rapid document generation and summarization. Since the output is written in a tone that appears objective and unbiased, there is a temptation among its users to trust its quality and publish its contents verbatim despite its known propensity to hallucinate with unsubstantiated claims.  At the same time, this technology raises concerns about plagiarism and the potential for individuals to claim authorship of LLM-generated content. To address these concerns, universities must work together to adapt learning assessment methods that promote responsible LLM usage to ensure academic integrity and foster deeper scholarship.