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Korea University Voids Midterm as Yonsei Plans AI Ethics Hearing After Online Cheating Scandals

The cases expose weak proctoring alongside scarce campus policies.

Overview

  • Korea University invalidated a large online midterm after students shared screenshots and answers in KakaoTalk open chats, with up to 500 participants in a course of about 1,400.
  • The university is pursuing discipline, reviewing how to run the final exam, and has posted new AI usage guidelines from its Distance Learning Center.
  • At Yonsei University, an online midterm for a 600‑student course on natural language processing was flagged for widespread misconduct using camera blind spots, multiple windows, and ChatGPT.
  • About 40 Yonsei students have confessed to cheating, 10 more are suspected, and a student poll showed 211 of 387 respondents admitting they cheated.
  • Yonsei will hold an emergency campus forum to address AI ethics and online assessment reforms, as surveys show heavy student reliance on generative AI and limited formal policies across universities.