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Brown University Professor Catches Widespread AI Cheating After Scores Collapse
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"Brown University professor Roberto Serrano saw scores collapse between a take-home midterm and an in-person final, leading him to suspect widespread AI-assisted cheating. Some students fell from perfect midterm scores to below 20% on the final. The midterm was administered at home after a school shooter killed 2 students in December. The problem with this technology is that the cost of cheating has basically gone down to zero. It's very easy for students to succumb to the temptation. After Serrano announced that the final would be held in person, many previously high-score students dropped the course."
A Brown University economics professor exposed massive AI-assisted cheating when students who scored in the high 90s on take-home midterms plummeted to the 50s or lower on in-person finals, with some perfect scorers falling below 20%. Many students dropped the course entirely once they learned the final would be administered in person. The revelation comes as University of Chicago Law School banned all devices from first-year classes to combat AI reliance.
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