Overview

• Major AI apps including Alibaba’s Qwen, ByteDance’s Doubao and Tencent’s Yuanbao have disabled picture-recognition and question-answering functions during exam hours.
• More than 13.3 million students are taking the four-day gaokao exams from June 7 to 10, with results determining university placements.
• Chatbots such as Moonshot’s Kimi and Tencent’s Yuanbao displayed messages stating services were paused to ensure fairness in the college entrance examination.
• Authorities have introduced signal jammers, biometric ID checks, enhanced device screening and AI surveillance tools to watch for abnormal behaviors.
• Some cities have postponed public events, adjusted traffic flows and delayed office start times to support exam candidates.