ChatGPT: ethical concerns and challenges in academics and research

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.18738

Keywords:

artificial intelligence, publication ethics, privacy concerns, chatbot, ChatGPT, Open AI

Abstract

Introduction: The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) has presented several opportunities to ease human work. AI applications are available for almost every domain of life. A new technology, Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (ChatGPT), was introduced by OpenAI in November 2022, and has become a topic of discussion across the world. ChatGPT-3 has brought many opportunities, as well as ethical and privacy considerations. ChatGPT is a large language model (LLM) which has been trained on the events that happened until 2021. The use of AI and its assisted technologies in scientific writing is against research and publication ethics. Therefore, policies and guidelines need to be developed over the use of such tools in scientific writing. The main objective of the present study was to highlight the use of AI and AI assisted technologies such as the ChatGPT and other chatbots in the scientific writing and in the research domain resulting in bias, spread of inaccurate information and plagiarism.

Methodology: Experiments were designed to test the accuracy of ChatGPT when used in research and academic writing.

Results: The information provided by ChatGPT was inaccurate and may have far-reaching implications in the field of medical science and engineering. Critical thinking should be encouraged among researchers to raise awareness about the associated privacy and ethical risks. 

Conclusions: Regulations for ethical and privacy concerns related to the use of ChatGPT in academics and research need to be developed.

Author Biographies

Ankita Guleria, Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Sector-14, Chandigarh, India

Ankita Guleria, (MSc Forensic Science)

PhD Research Scholar (INSPIRE Fellow)

Department of Anthropology (UGC Centre of Advanced Study), Panjab University, Sector-14, Chandigarh, India

Kewal Krishan, Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Sector-14, Chandigarh, India

Dr. Kewal Krishan is a renowned forensic anthropologist and presently a Professor and former Chair at the Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. He passed his BSc (Hons.), MSc (Hons.. Gold medalist) and PhD from Panjab University, India. He is well known for his contributions to forensic anthropology in Indian populations. He has published more than 279 articles in international and national journals of repute including high-impact and reputed journals such as Nature, Nature Medicine, BMJ and The Lancet. Dr. Krishan has contributed to the advancement of Forensic anthropology and its applications in Indian populations. He has devised many methods of criminal investigation and formulae which are being used in the criminal investigation process. His recent contributions include the medico-legal and socio-cultural aspects of COVID-19.

          He has contributed invited chapters to the most coveted Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences (2013) and Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine (2016) published by Elsevier. He is on the panel of editors of various reputed international journals such as Forensic Science International, Medicine Science and the Law, Archives of Public Health, Journal of Infection in Developing countries, Acta Biomedica etc. He is on the reviewer/referee panel of more than 113 international journals of repute and reviewed more than 600 research articles till date. He has been awarded a fellowship of Royal Anthropological Institute (FRAI) of Great Britain and Ireland, London for his contributions to forensic anthropology in India. He has delivered many invited lectures in USA, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and parts of Europe.

His research has been cited by more than 32,000 studies in the scientific literature.

          He has recently been included among the “WORLD RANKING OF TOP 2% SCIENTISTS” (Positioned at 17th Rank in Legal & Forensic Medicine category in the ‘Career-Long’ and 5th Rank in the ‘Single Year Impact’, in the world (Out of 14,163 forensic scientists of the world) as reported by a team of scientists at the Stanford University, USA and Elsevier BV.

His Wikipedia profile is available at:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kewal_Krishan_(forensic_anthropologist)

Vishal Sharma, Institute of Forensic Science and Criminology, Panjab University, Sector-14, Chandigarh, India

Dr. Vishal Sharma, PhD

Chairperson,

Institute of Forensic Science and Criminology, Panjab University, Sector-14, Chandigarh, India

Tanuj Kanchan, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India

Dr Tanuj Kanchan, MD,

Professor and Head,

Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur, India

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2023-09-30

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Guleria A, Krishan K, Sharma V, Kanchan T (2023) ChatGPT: ethical concerns and challenges in academics and research. J Infect Dev Ctries 17:1292–1299. doi: 10.3855/jidc.18738

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Vol. 17 No. 09: September 2023

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