On January 14, 2026, a group of sixteen MPU students and five FCG faculty members, including Dr. Fong, Dr. Gao, and Dr. Yu, participated a seminar on the specific topic by Prof. W.M. To. The event took place in Meng Tak Building M211 from 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM.

At the start of the seminar, Prof. To emphasized the three red lines that should never be crossed in academic writing: plagiarism, fabrication, and falsification. He elaborated that in the context of the Gen AI era, these boundaries translate to: avoiding the cut-and-paste approach from Gen AI tools; refraining from including fake references due to AI hallucinations; and not utilizing falsified data from the so-called surveys or databases that are actually generated or manipulated by AI tools. Prof. To then outlined the crucial steps for developing a research project and writing a research report. He stressed that while Gen AI can assist in generating ideas, kick-starting academic writing, and polishing English, it should not be relied upon to produce the text including literature review significantly, with the author(s) claiming that he/she/they did that on his/her/their own. Furthermore, while Gen AI tools are widely used, they are problematic. This is largely due to the fact that over 99.99 percent of the Internet data have not been properly reviewed, verified, or validated. Large Language Models depend more on brutal force than on logical reasoning. Most importantly, popularity does not imply correctness. Prof. To also noted that the quality of text generated by various Gen AI tools, including those branded as academic AIs, is declining, and their usefulness is deteriorating. The seminar concluded at 4:00 PM, and a student inquired about the appropriate use of Gen AI in class exercises.