RMIT University’s use of artificial intelligence programs to help assess student applications has opened a fresh front in the battle between staff and institutions over how AI is used in higher education, as staff at another leading university walked off the job on Thursday.
Outgoing National Tertiary Education Union assistant national secretary Gabe Gooding told a joint parliamentary select committee on artificial intelligence on Thursday that RMIT University in Melbourne had implemented a program called AutoEnrol to vet student applications, without prior consultation with staff.
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