Academics’ uses of GenAI – what is appropriate … and what is not?

Although universities remain keen to tackle inappropriate uses of generative AI (GenAI) by students, it is becoming increasingly clear that we need to talk much more openly about academics’ (mis)use of these technologies. Many Research Whisperer readers might have begun to hear stories of GenAI being used to write academic papers and research proposals, to analyse research data, to write peer reviews and many other key tasks that university researchers and teachers find themselves involved...