\n\n

An AI-supervised remote exam went so badly that 58,000 students must retake it

Earlier this summer, nearly 160,000 applicants took the entrance exam for UNAM, Mexico’s largest university. For the first time, they did it completely remotely, using a “lockdown” browser and AI-powered webcam proctoring software, over several weeks from late May through early June.

It was a disaster.

When exam results came in, they bore little resemblance to past results, especially at the top. Between 2021 and 2025, 3.5 percent of test takers scored 100 or more on the 120-question UNAM test. This year, 16.3 percent did so.

Read full article

Comments

Related Posts

Apple challenges UK government’s latest demand for iCloud backdoor: report

Apple has appealed a new legal demand by the U.K. government, which critics say could threaten the privacy rights of users all over the world.

Design Arena creators raise $7.9 million to bring taste to AI models

Design Arena is used by 5.3 million people around the world, providing critical human evaluations to frontier labs.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You Missed

Saudi Arabia joins the war. Iraq becomes the battleground.

Saudi Arabia joins the war. Iraq becomes the battleground.

Saudi Arabia joins US regional war after strikes on Iraq | MEE Live

Saudi Arabia joins US regional war after strikes on Iraq | MEE Live

Why Israel’s plans for regime change failed in Iran

Why Israel’s plans for regime change failed in Iran

Takeaways after Trump takes questions on Iran, Reflecting Pool in Oval Office

Takeaways after Trump takes questions on Iran, Reflecting Pool in Oval Office

Abdul El-Sayed on socialist labels, who he thinks belongs in the Democratic Party

Abdul El-Sayed on socialist labels, who he thinks belongs in the Democratic Party

Spain to put containment fence around Ceuta after deadly border rush from Morocco

Spain to put containment fence around Ceuta after deadly border rush from Morocco