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- King, M. R., & chatGPT
- Affiliations
- Vanderbilt University (US)
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- King, Michael R.
- ORCID
- King, Michael R.
- Venue
- Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering
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- 2023-01-02
- Volume
- 16
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- 1
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- 1-2
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- 1865-5025 (ISSN-L)
- 1865-5033
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Academic integrity and plagiarism
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Artificial Intelligence in Education
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Health Informatics › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Keywords
- artificial intelligence, chatbots, plagiarism, academic integrity, higher education
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