University of Reading project poses questions for integrity of coursework and take-home student assignments

Researchers at the University of Reading fooled their own professors by secretly submitting AI-generated exam answers that went undetected and got better grades than real students.

The project created fake student identities to submit unedited answers generated by ChatGPT-4 in take-home online assessments for undergraduate courses.

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© Photograph: Michael Dwyer/AP

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