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A shocking two-thirds of secondary school pupils use artificial intelligence to do their homework and one in 10 teachers admit they have no way of knowing, a survey claims.

Around 67 per cent of youngsters surveyed admitted they used chatbots such as ChatGPT to write essays or do work for them.

Almost half, 42 per cent, otf the 1,000 secondary school students surveyed said they use AI all the time to solve maths problems, while 41 per cent use it to write English essays.

Whereas a quarter, 25 per cent, tapped into these chatbots to translate something into a foreign language, write a poem (24 per cent) and help with their physics work (20 per cent).

According to the data, 18 per cent admitted they have turned to AI to help come up with an essay topic for history, create a piece of art (18 per cent) and take a science test (18 per cent) for them.

Surprisingly, two-thirds of the students polled, 68 per cent, said they are getting better grades and results by using AI.

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