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/KaidusPlatinum Jul 28 '26

Can’t tell the number of posts you see where it’s like “what can we do” ‘are they still completing the tests online on their own devices unsupervised?’ “yes of course” ‘…’ We need a name for the paradox that despite the ability of devices to help students cheat increasing 1000x the academic world has become more trusting and permissive with it. Pre 2010 every teacher I had would have bursted out laughing if you suggested being allowed to use computers or other tech for grade-bearing assignments and yet it’s the norm now despite the risk having increased so much?!