(AP) -Darren Hick, a philosophy professor at Furman University, provided an update to his social media followers after discovering yet another instance of cheating in his class: “And I’ve found my second ChatGPT plagiarist,” I said.

Friends and coworkers replied, some using emoticons like wide eyes. Some people were shocked.

“Only 2?! Timothy Main, a professor of writing at Conestoga College in Canada, declared, “I’ve caught dozens. “We’re operating in full-on crisis mode.”

ChatGPT and other chatbots with artificial intelligence have quickly taken over as the preferred method for college fraud.