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Professor's invisible prompt trap catches 32 students cheating on their midterm with AI
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this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2026
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That's an insanely high proportion. I don't think I've ever cheated on an exam or assignment, so the concept seems kind of weird to me.
I wonder if some of the remaining people used AI but then reviewed the output and removed the weird stuff, or if they wrote it themselves.
The students cheating are only making the people with preAI degrees more desirable.
"What sets you apart from the others?"
There was still cheating but at least it was more effort than this.
Yeah back in my day, cheating meant getting a copy of last year's test and memorizing the answers. At least you still learned something!
That was never cheating.