Kuala Lampur, Sept. 12 -- Every semester, academics face an increasingly familiar reality: students are using artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT and Gemini as part of their academic work.

AI is no longer something universities can simply keep outside the classroom; it is embedded in the digital environment where undergraduate assignments, postgraduate research and everyday learning now take place.

Yet much of the institutional response has focused on control - oral defences, offline in-class writing, restrictions on AI use and controversial AI-detection tools.

While these measures have a place, relying on them as our primary defence risks missing a much bigger question: what exactly are we trying to assess?

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