"Take a Guess": Even Science Deputy PM Gets It Wrong... Completely Fooled

[Anchor]

At the parliamentary audit today (October 23), "AI glasses"—which have recently become a problem due to cheating at exam venues—made an appearance. When asked to pick out which pair among several glasses was actively recording, even the Deputy Prime Minister for Science and ICT failed to notice. The devices are also known to be difficult to detect with metal detectors.

Reporter Kim Jin-u reports.

[Reporter]

At the parliamentary audit of the Ministry of Science and ICT held at the National Assembly today.

Three legislative aides wearing black horn-rimmed glasses stand in a row, and a lawmaker asks the Deputy Prime Minister for Science and ICT to guess which of the three is wearing AI glasses and actively filming.

[Lee Jeong-heon / Democratic Party Lawmaker: "Who is currently filming this scene and sending it to me in real time? Please pick one."]

[Bae Kyung-hoon / Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT: "It is far away so it's hard to see clearly, but person number three..."]

["Those are smart glasses, but they are not recording."]

The aide was indeed wearing "AI glasses," but because the LED recording indicator light was covered with a sticker, it was impossible to tell whether recording was taking place.

[Lee Jeong-heon / Democratic Party Lawmaker: "With just this one small sticker, the LED warning light can be neutralized. A sheet costs only 2,000 won."]

[Bae Kyung-hoon / Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT: "We need to formulate countermeasures across relevant ministries..."]

At the audit of the Human Resources Development Service of Korea held at the same time, "AI glasses" also came under fire.

Although mock drills using radio wave detectors were conducted and metal detectors are operated at national technical qualification test venues, lawmakers pointed out that such equipment cannot catch AI glasses.

Through August of this year, a total of five cheating cases involving AI glasses were caught in national qualification exams administered by the agency, but none were detected by the equipment in question.

[Kim Tae-sun / Democratic Party Lawmaker: "All of them were discovered through the proctors' own eyes and ears. Only five cases were actually caught, but you expect there are far more, right? Equipment introduced to catch cheating is practically just being used as a deterrent."]

[Kim Wi-sang / People Power Party Lawmaker: "Rather than relying merely on visual inspection, we must establish a full inspection of all eyewear before entering the room or an on-site operational testing system."]

Noting that as many as 470,000 candidates will take exams—including the certified real estate agent exam—over the three weeks starting this weekend, the agency said it will deploy a dedicated proctoring workforce dubbed "AI Inspectors" to the testing sites.

(Video by Lee Seung-hwan, Shin Dong-hwan | Video Editing by Yu Mi-ra | Design by Cho Soo-in)
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