Ailsa Ostovitz, left, and her mother, Stephanie Rizk, at their home in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. In mid-November, Rizk met with Ostovitz’s teachers to discuss accusations that her daughter had used AI to do some of her schoolwork. Beck Harlan/NPR
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Ailsa Ostovitz has been accused of using AI on three assignments in two different classes this school year.
“It’s mentally exhausting because it’s like I know this is my work,” says Ostovitz, 17. “I know that this is my brain putting words and concepts onto paper for other people to comprehend.”