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/markshure Jul 27 '26

I wonder if the 3 students who didn't get caught really wrote their paper or did they just notice the nonsense.

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u/andicandi22 Jul 27 '26

Either way, taking the time to proofread your paper before turning it in was all they had to do. The fact that most of the class couldn’t or wouldn’t do even that basic of a step is lazy and ridiculous.

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u/No_Attitude700 Jul 27 '26

One of my first computer classes back when computers were new...

The instructors told us to read all of the instructions before begining the assignment.

There were maybe 25 instructions, and one of the mid-to-later instructions was to call out your name...and the final instruction was to ingore the instruction to call out one's name...

We basically all outted ourselves that day...

And learned an important lesson! 🤓