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Suspecting AI cheating, Ivy League prof ordered in-person final; scores fell 50% (arstechnica.com)

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

If you're like me wondering how home exams were ever a thing:

The story that Serrano told them begins in December 2025, when a gunman attacked Brown’s campus and killed two people, including one who had recently introduced herself to Serrano.

Shaken by the experience, Serrano decided that his spring 2026 section of the quite difficult ECON 1170 would allow take-home exams for both the midterm and the final. Suddenly, the course received an influx of students. El País has the story: