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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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This is hysterical. Like the cheaters couldn't even be bothered to proof read what the AI wrote to make sure it was correct.
People are dumb. People will always be dumb, there's no getting away from it.
We are just apes after all.
Yes, but school is there to teach you to use brain. Why go school if no use brain?
Teenagers aren't really known for making great decisions.
Source: was once a teenager, made bad decisions.
It's much more fun making bad decisions when you're a septuagenarian.