Auckland University is advising staff to use artificial intelligence...to fight artificial intelligence.

It's recommending detector tool GPTZero, which can spot if students are using controversial AI essay writing programme ChatGPT.

The university is also recommending making assignments harder for such programmes to fake essays.

Commercial Law Associate Professor Alex Sims says it's possible to confuse the AI with a standard question and answer, and tests and exams will still be part of the curriculum.

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