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In this year's college entrance examinations, a case of attempted cheating using smart glasses equipped with AI functions has been caught for the first time. The incidents took place during the science and engineering essay exams at Yonsei University and the University of Seoul this month.

Jeong Jiyeon reports.

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

During the science and integrated-track essay exam that started at 10:30 AM, an examinee was caught wearing smart glasses capable of utilizing AI search functions.

This marks the first time an attempt to cheat using smart glasses has been uncovered in a college entrance examination. Investigations revealed that the examinee initially wore regular glasses and then swapped them for the smart glasses after the exam began.

Yonsei University officials believe that while inspections on examinees wearing glasses were conducted before the exam started, the student took out and switched to the AI glasses after receiving the exam paper.

[Kim Yewon / Yonsei University Student: Others actually spend months making an effort to solve just one essay question, and I feel like it steals the efforts and opportunities of other people....]

[Kim Junghu / Yonsei University Student: Only one person was caught, but there could be many more who weren't, so I think it would be right to conduct inspections much more thoroughly.]

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 proctors collected the AI glasses at the scene at the time, and the examinee also admitted to wearing them," adding, "We are discussing post-exam measures such as processing the exam results."

Previously, during the science-track essay exam held at the University of Seoul on October 3, an examinee wearing AI glasses was also caught. It was found that this student had also been wearing regular glasses during the pre-exam inspection.

The University of Seoul immediately had the examinee leave the room and barred them from taking exams for the next three years.

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