Last February, Northeastern University student Ella Stapleton was struggling through her organizational behavior class. She began reviewing the notes her professor created outside of class early in the semester to see if it could guide her through the course content. But there was a problem: Stapleton said the notes were incomprehensible.

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“It was basically like just word vomit,” said Stapleton.

While scrolling through a document her professor created, Stapleton said she found a ChatGPT inquiry had been accidentally copied and pasted into the document. A section of notes also contained a ChatGPT-generated content disclaimer.

Stapleton believes her adjunct professor wa

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