The parents of a Massachusetts high school senior who used artificial intelligence (AI) for a social studies project have filed a lawsuit against his teacher and school after their son was detained and received a “D” grade.
“He’s been accused of cheating, but it wasn’t cheating, there were no rules in the handbook.” Jennifer Harris, who along with her husband Dale is named as a plaintiff in a lawsuit filed last month in Massachusetts’ Plymouth County District Court against the Hingham High School administration and school district, told Boston 25 News.
The suit alleges that their son will “suffer imminent and irreparable harm” over the grades, which his parents say kept him out of the National Honor Society, and that it affected his standing at a top college. The parents claim that the child is threatened.
“So our argument to the school was, can we fail him with a 59 instead of a 53 so we can get him a B-minus? We are applying,” Harris told the news station. “He’s applied to Stanford, he’s applied to MIT. They’ll see a ‘C’.” [grade] And it goes in the trash. ”
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The parents of a Massachusetts high school senior who used artificial intelligence to write a social studies essay have filed a lawsuit against the teacher and school after their son was detained and given a “D” grade. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
Harris said the school “basically punished him for rules that don’t exist,” and the school’s code of conduct handbook does not allow for the use of AI in projects until his son is punished, WCVB-TV reported. He said it was never mentioned.
She added that her son claimed that “it is well documented that AI is the property of the person who generated it,” WBZ-TV reported.
The school claimed it was plagiarized, but parents and lawyers disagree.
Peter Farrell, representing the family, told WCVB: “There is a tremendous amount of information that says AI is not plagiarism.”
Harris told the news station that her son had already failed the rolling entrance exam for his desired school and added that he received a perfect score on the ACT.
The parents sued Hingham High School administrators, their son’s teachers and the school district. (Google Maps)
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The student’s father reveals that the school cannot “reverse” any part of his suspension, but changes his grade, allows him to join the National Honor Society, and that he did not cheat on the paper. He insisted that it could be done.
“You already made him redo his paper. You can’t undo Saturday’s detention,” he told WCVB-TV. “But there are some things you can fix and do right now.”
The student’s parents argue in the lawsuit that the use of AI is not plagiarism. (Getty Images)
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Hingham Public Schools did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment Saturday, but previously told news outlets the district cannot comment on ongoing litigation.
