Description: Reports from South Korea's SKY universities indicate multiple AI-assisted cheating incidents during the October 2025 midterms. At Yonsei, dozens reportedly used ChatGPT and other tools despite bans in an Oct. 15 online exam. Korea University and Seoul National reportedly found students using AI or sharing answers via group chats, prompting punitive sanctions across the institutions.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: OpenAI and Unnamed generative AI companies developed an AI system deployed by Students at Yonsei University , Students at Seoul National University and Students at Korea University, which harmed Students at Yonsei University , Students at Seoul National University , Students at Korea University , Yonsei University , Seoul National University , Korea University , Faculty and staff at Yonsei University , Faculty and staff at Seoul National University , Faculty and staff at Korea University , General public , General public of Korea , Academic integrity and Epistemic integrity.
Alleged implicated AI systems: ChatGPT and Unnamed generative AI tools
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1270
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2025-10-15
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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Many college students in South Korea are enjoying downtime, relieved to wrap up midterm exams. But the nation's elite universities have been left scrambling after it emerged that testing season was marred by a spate of mass cheating inciden…
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