Online Assessment Authenticity in the ChatGPT Era

 
Introduction
The rapid progress in technology has revolutionized recruitment and assessment processes, significantly enhancing efficiency and accuracy. Online assessments, facilitated by sophisticated AI systems like ChatGPT, raise concerns about maintaining assessment integrity. In the digital age, where technology has transformed education, ensuring the fairness and accuracy of online evaluations is paramount to prevent academic dishonesty and uphold the value of assessments.
AI-Assisted Exam Cheating
ChatGPT, created by OpenAI, is a chatbot utilizing an AI language model. With its advanced natural language processing capabilities, ChatGPT can answer queries, produce text, translate languages, and generate various forms of creative content. Crafted to emulate human-like responses, it utilizes a vast dataset of internet text during its training phase, ensuring its ability to generate contextually appropriate replies to text prompts. Nowadays, it is also used for cheating in online assessments.
Techniques used by students to cheat in online assessments
Instant Answers:
Students can use AI chatbots to gain an unfair advantage by feeding exam questions and receiving instant answers.
Paraphrasing Tools:
Students are using AI paraphrasing tools to cleverly rephrase existing content, potentially deceiving plagiarism checkers in essays.
Outmaneuvering Proctoring Systems:
Students are using AI to outmaneuver online proctoring systems. This includes generating deceptive virtual backgrounds and fooling facial recognition technology.
Data Analysis:
Students can now analyze vast amounts of past exam data using machine learning to identify patterns and predict questions, potentially undermining the intended assessment of knowledge.