Smart Glasses Used for Cheating in College Essay Exams

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Attempts to cheat using smart glasses equipped with artificial intelligence features have been repeatedly caught at university essay exam sites. Following the University of Seoul, a similar method was uncovered at Yonsei University. It was confirmed that the student wore regular glasses when proctors checked before the exam started, and switched to the smart glasses after the test began.

First, we have a report from Jeong Jiyeon.

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At Yonsei University's Sinchon Campus, where the essay exam for the 2027 freshman recruitment was held on October 10.

An examinee wearing smart glasses capable of AI search functions was caught during the natural sciences and integrated track essay exam, which started at 10:30 AM.

This is the first time an attempt to cheat using smart glasses has been uncovered in a university entrance exam. According to reports, the student initially wore regular glasses and then swapped them for smart glasses during the test.

Yonsei University conducted inspections targeting examinees wearing glasses before the exam began, and believes the student took out and switched to the AI glasses after receiving the exam papers.

[Kim Yewon / Yonsei University student: Other people actually spend months trying to solve just a single essay question, so I feel like this steals away the efforts and opportunities of others...]&br />
[Kim Jeonghu / Yonsei University student: Only one person was caught, but there could be many others who weren't caught, so I think it would be right to move toward more thorough inspections.]&br />
The Yonsei University science and engineering essay admissions held that day recorded a competition rate of over 50 to 1, with more than 14,000 applicants for 288 openings.

A Yonsei University official explained, "The proctor confiscated the AI glasses at the scene, and the examinee in question also admitted to wearing them," adding, "We are discussing post-exam measures such as processing the test results."

Previously, an examinee wearing AI glasses was also caught during the natural sciences essay exam held at the University of Seoul on October 3, and it was found that they had similarly worn regular glasses during the pre-exam inspection.

The University of Seoul immediately expelled the examinee from the exam room and took measures to ban them from taking the test for the next three years.

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