r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • Jul 27 '26

Society Professor's invisible prompt trap catches 32 students cheating on their midterm with AI

https://www.techspot.com/news/113243-professor-invisible-prompt-trap-catches-32-students-cheating.html
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u/SinibusUSG Jul 27 '26

Frankly if universities want to actually stop this they have to treat it like the academic dishonesty it is and start expelling people.

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u/redthrull Jul 27 '26

What makes you think they actually care whether the students learn anything or not? It's all about the money at this point. Students pay, they receive a diploma. The End.

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u/dmazzoni Jul 27 '26

They’re devaluing education and they should care about that.

When I’m looking at a resume, a college degree from certain schools used to mean something.

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u/25thNite Jul 27 '26

They already do that when they let underachieving rich people automatically in and pass or when they let top athletes take the easiest courses with little effort because they provide financial value to schools