ASSESSMENT OF THE USAGE OF CHAT GPT AND BARD AI APPLICATIONS AMONG UNIVERSITY OF BENIN STUDENTS

Abstract

This study assessed the usage of Chat GPT and Bard AI applications among University of Benin students with reference to the extent of usage, difference in usage by sex, academic level and field of study. Four research questions guided the study. Survey research design was adopted. The population comprised all the 43,469 full-time undergraduate students of the 15 faculties of the 2024/2025 session in the University. A sample size of 392 students using multistage sampling was selected. The instrument titled Chat GPT and Bard AI applications was used for data collection was developed by the researchers and was validated by experts in the field of Measurement and Evaluation, Faculty of Education, University of Benin. Reliability coefficients of 0.911 and 0.791 were obtained for Chat GPT and Bard AI scales respectively. Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation was used to answer research question 1 and independent samples t-test and ANOVA were used to test the formulated hypotheses.  The findings showed that the utilization of BARD AI was moderate while Chat GPT was high among University of Benin students implying high level of utilization of Chat GPT AI than BARD AI. Also, there was no significant difference in the utilization of BARD and Chat GPT AIs by sex. There were significant differences in the utilization of BARD and Chat GPT AIs by academic levels and field of study.

DOI: https://doie.org/10.10318/SER.2026163785