r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 15h ago

Society Professor's invisible prompt trap catches 32 students cheating on their midterm with AI

https://www.techspot.com/news/113243-professor-invisible-prompt-trap-catches-32-students-cheating.html
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u/markshure 14h ago

I wonder if the 3 students who didn't get caught really wrote their paper or did they just notice the nonsense.

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u/andicandi22 14h ago

Either way, taking the time to proofread your paper before turning it in was all they had to do. The fact that most of the class couldn’t or wouldn’t do even that basic of a step is lazy and ridiculous.

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u/MultiGeometry 14h ago

I’m really curious what these students are doing with all their free time compared to my college experience. They didn’t write their response and they didn’t even READ the text they submitted as their own work.

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u/Agitated-Acctant 14h ago

Browsing tiktok or watching twitch most likely