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/BTMarquis Jul 27 '26

This might sound crazy, but they could also have them use a pen and paper to take tests.

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u/Crystalline_Irises Jul 27 '26

Yeah, I don't understand why students are still being given so many opportunities to cheat. Tests on paper and oral exams are not new ideas.

Not sure what to do about papers. Maybe AI detection software plus short conferences where they discuss the paper and it quickly becomes apparent whether the student can actually have a reasonably intellectual conversation about the content of their paper. 🤷‍♀️