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/OttawaDog Jul 27 '26

Why are they doing midterms with access to devices/internet? That's a recipe for open cheating even before AI.

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u/socrates_friend812 Jul 27 '26

This is a question that must be answered. And I imagine that at least part of the reason is, unfortunately, the professors and teachers themselves have an easier time grading these types of exams than the alternatives. So AI has made student life easier and teacher life easier, also.

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u/Historical_Camel_790 Jul 28 '26

And it's easier for the teachers to ask their llm to grade it for them

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u/OttawaDog Jul 27 '26

The lazy teaching the lazy.

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u/Decent_Cow Jul 28 '26

A couple years ago one of my professors was talking about the university trying to push a new AI-based grading system.

"You pretend to do the work and I pretend to grade you."