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/thatasian26 Jul 27 '26

Exactly, there was a recent article about a professor suspecting his students of cheating on their midterms and made the final exam in person instead of online. 

Ended up with 18 kids dropping the class instantly and 9 didn't even bother showing up to take the final. Only a few had similar results between midterms and finals.