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/muusca Jul 27 '26

At a certain point, if this continues, an academic degree will become so devalued to the point of worthlessness, so they should care. It’ll take a while to catch up, but if we all accept that college students are using AI to earn their degree, why would employers care whether you have one or not?