Tara Davis, of Anne Arundel County, said her daughter was unfairly accused of using artificial intelligence to cheat on a school assignment, but she’s running out of chances to prove it.in May. Since then, she hasn’t gotten very far in her effort to clear her daughter’s name.is not naming, attends Broadneck High School in Anne Arundel County. Earlier this year, she was accused by the school system of using artificial intelligence to complete an English assignment.
In defense of her daughter, Davis has now filed four appeals with Anne Arundel County Schools. The first appeal went to the Broadneck High School principal who upheld the findings. Subsequent appeals went to the Regional Assistant Superintendent, the Associate Superintendent of School Performance, and most recently the District’s Deputy Superintendent.
The seputy superintendent replied saying, Broadneck’s initial investigation was “thorough” in concluding that the “style, syntax, vocabulary and sentence structure were not consistent with previous work submitted.” Anne Arundel County Public Schools does not have a board-approved policy concerning students using artificial intelligence, which is why Davis’s daughter was disciplined under the broader district policy for academic integrity. Baltimore City, Baltimore County and Howard County Public Schools also do not have board-approved policies concerning AI.
In punishing Davis’s daughter, Broadneck High School used an AI detection program called GPTZero, which claims with 90% certainty that the paper was written by artificial intelligence.