A prestigious university used AI to monitor its entrance exam. It turned into a disaster

Last week, protestors rallied outside the largest university in Mexico, chanting, “We demand honesty, not artificial intelligence.” The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) had moved its highly competitive entrance exam online for the first time ever, complete with an AI proctor—and now it seems under that proctor’s not-so-watchful eye, tens of thousands of applicants are suspected to have cheated. UMAN admits around 50,000 students every year, but more than half of those slots go...