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<publisher-name>School of Statistics, Renmin University of China</publisher-name>
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<subject>Education in Data Science</subject></subj-group></article-categories>
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<article-title>Discussion of “Addressing the Challenges of AI-Generated Assignment Submissions in Education: Insights and Strategies”<xref ref-type="fn" rid="j_jds1208a_fn_001"><sup>✩</sup></xref></article-title>
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<name><surname>Zaghi</surname><given-names>Arash</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_jds1208a_aff_001">1</xref>
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<name><surname>Harel</surname><given-names>Ofer</given-names></name><email xlink:href="mailto:ofer.harel@uconn.edu">ofer.harel@uconn.edu</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_jds1208a_aff_002">2</xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor2">∗</xref>
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<aff id="j_jds1208a_aff_001"><label>1</label>School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, <institution>University of Connecticut</institution>, Storrs, Connecticut, <country>USA</country></aff>
<aff id="j_jds1208a_aff_002"><label>2</label>Department of Statistics, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, <institution>University of Connecticut</institution>, Storrs, Connecticut, <country>USA</country></aff>
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<fn id="j_jds1208a_fn_001"><label>✩</label>
<p>Main article: <ext-link ext-link-type="doi" xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.6339/25-JDS1208">https://doi.org/10.6339/25-JDS1208</ext-link>.</p></fn><corresp id="cor2"><label>∗</label>Corresponding author. Email: <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="mailto:ofer.harel@uconn.edu">ofer.harel@uconn.edu</ext-link>.</corresp>
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<pub-date pub-type="ppub"><year>2026</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>11</day><month>2</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>24</volume><issue>1</issue><fpage>282</fpage><lpage>285</lpage>
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<label>Keywords</label>
<kwd>academic integrity</kwd>
<kwd>AI literacy</kwd>
<kwd>assessment strategies</kwd>
<kwd>emerging skills</kwd>
<kwd>generative AI</kwd>
<kwd>higher education</kwd>
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