The parents of a Massachusetts teenager are suing his high school after they said he was accused of cheating for using an artificial intelligence tool on an assignment.
The teen’s parents, Jennifer and Dale Harris, told Boston ABC affiliate WCVB their son used AI to assist with research for a history paper, but not to write the paper itself.
“They told us our son cheated on a paper, which is not what happened,” Jennifer Harris told WCVB.
When the student’s AI use was discovered, he was given detention, and his grade was negatively impacted, according to the family.
In a federal court filing, the family alleged the teen would “suffer irreparable harm” as a result of the incident, noting he was “applying to elite colleges and universities given his high level of academic and personal achievement.”
As a result of the incident, he was barred from being inducted into the National Honor Society, the filing alleges.