Last Friday, students at a university in Tennessee received an email from school administrators about the mass-shooting which killed three and injured five at Michigan State University. It was a typical response to a tragically common occurrence in the U.S., except for one thing: the email stated it was written using ChatGPT, the automated tool that uses AI language models to generate text.

"In the wake of the Michigan shootings, let us come together as a community to reaffirm our commitment to caring for one another and promoting a culture of inclusivity on our campus," reads the email sent to students, which came from the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College and was first reported by the school's student newspaper, the Vanderbilt Hustler. "By doing so, we can honor the victims of this tragedy and work towards a safer, more compassionate future for all."