Black students are more than twice as likely as their white or Hispanic peers to have their writing incorrectly flagged as the work of artificial intelligence tools, concludes a report released Sept. 18 by Common Sense Media , a nonprofit that examines the impact of technology on young people.

In 2024, cheating has evolved. It's a tale as old as teaching -- a student, for one reason or another, uses someone else's work to complete their assignment. But now, they could be using an artificial intelligence tool.

Now teachers are bringing it into the classroom as they police students’ use of generative AI tools like ChatGPT to complete homework, according to a new study by children’s safety nonprofit Common Sense Media.