An economics professor at Brown University suspects a majority of his class used AI to cheat on a take-home midterm after grades were much higher than usual, leading him to administer an in-class fina…
A blind Brown University economics professor, Roberto Serrano, caught 40 students cheating on a take-home midterm exam after they used AI to score perfect 100s, compared to a historical class average …
A new analysis by Robert T. Nachtrieb and Steven J. Smith warns that AI's electricity demand, growing at 0.127 yr⁻¹ since 2015 and accelerating to 0.15 yr⁻¹ over the last five years, is on track to ma…
Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano criticized the school for its slow response to an alleged mass AI cheating scandal, reporting that after moving exams online, average midterm grade…
The University of Chicago Law School is banning phones, tablets, and laptops in first-year classes and redesigning its curriculum to be more "AI-resilient" amid growing concerns over generative AI che…
A Brown University economics professor found that students' average score on a take-home exam was 96 percent, but when the final exam was switched to an in-person, supervised test, the average plummet…
An economics professor at Brown University found that when students took an exam without AI, the average grade dropped from 96% to 48.6%, with 18 students dropping the course and 9 not showing up. Two…
A Brown University professor suspects a majority of his class used AI to cheat on a take-home exam, highlighting the challenge of adapting assessments to the current AI landscape. The incident undersc…
The University of Chicago Law School is requiring first-year students to keep laptops closed in class this fall to combat AI-enabled cheating and ensure independent thinking, as colleges nationwide gr…
Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano suspects a majority of his class used AI to cheat on a take-home midterm, leading him to administer an in-person final that resulted in historicall…
A fifth-year Brown University PhD student shares surprising lessons from a research scientist job search, revealing that only one or two papers matter for getting interviews and that candidates are of…
Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano switched to handwritten final exams after suspecting AI-assisted cheating, causing enrollment in his ECON 1170 course to plummet from 86 to a fract…
Brown University professor Roberto Serrano observed a dramatic drop in student test scores when an in-person final replaced a take-home midterm, which he attributes to AI-driven cheating. The incident…
Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano uncovered evidence of mass AI-assisted cheating after moving his final exam in-person, causing average scores to plummet from 96 to 48 out of 100. …
A Brown University economics professor found that nearly half his students likely cheated using AI on a take-home midterm, with scores averaging 96 percent, but when an in-person final was administere…
Brown University professor Roberto Serrano presented evidence that students in his welfare economics class used AI to cheat on a take-home midterm, with grades plummeting when the final exam was held …
Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano alleges that 40 of 86 students in his ECON 1170 class cheated on a take-home midterm using ChatGPT, after scores averaged 96%. Following an in-pers…
Brown University researchers found that overreliance on AI tools impairs students' critical thinking, recommending that educators teach students to use AI as a supplement rather than a crutch.…
A Brown University economics professor found that about 50 students used AI to cheat on a midterm exam, scoring an average of 96% compared to the historical 65-80%, but the university's leadership has…
Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano documented mass AI cheating in his ECON 1170 class after take-home midterm scores averaged 96, then dropped to 48 on an in-person final. Serrano vo…