ChatGPT: high-tech plagiarism awaits academic publishing green light. Non-fungible token (NFT) can be a way out
Zahra Mohammadzadeh, Marcel Ausloos, Hamid Reza Saeidnia
Abstract
Purpose ChatGPT from OpenAI is an amazing example of machine learning technology. This technology has now become an important issue for high-tech plagiarism concern. Indeed, there are many concerns about using this tool, perhaps using other technologies to make ChatGPT safer. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) may be a way out. This paper aims to discuss such an alternative. Design/methodology/approach To preventing with high-tech plagiarism created by the ChatGPT tool two ways can help schools, universities and scientific centers to prevent academic plagiarism: first, by banning ChatGPT and adjusting teaching styles, and second, by using detecting AI-produced content. In this viewpoint, the authors suggest a third way that can be a way out. Findings NFTs technology has the ability to add a non-fungibility feature to any digital object (image, text or video). Therefore, any text produced by artificial intelligence tools can be given a specific NFT code. With this work, the authors add a feature to texts produced by artificial intelligence, that is, the non-fungibility feature. Originality/value In this viewpoint, how and why NFTs may be a usefully added value in preventing acts of high-tech plagiarism on ChatGPT is discussed.