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South Korea says people caught using AI to cheat in its tax-accountancy exam will lose their qualification and be barred from retaking the test for five years, the BBC reports.

The measures follow a candidate’s admission that he used a microcamera to photograph questions and sent them to an AI tool. The case has prompted an emergency meeting by the labour ministry and exam authority, with the country’s major university entrance exam days away. A stiff penalty makes the message clear. The harder test is whether exam organisers can enforce it without turning every exam hall into an electronics checkpoint.

Discuss: Should high-stakes exams respond to AI cheating with tougher device checks and penalties, or redesign assessments so unauthorised AI use is harder to pull off?

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