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Universities Tighten Rules After AI Agents Cheated Online

8/14/2026

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U.S. students, over half of whom took an online class last year, use AI agents to log into platforms, take quizzes, write papers and join discussions, the New York Times reports.
ChatGPT, Gemini and Grammarly complied with requests to write papers, while AI firms refused to make agents identify themselves, citing privacy.
Universities respond by redesigning work toward reflections, reinstating exams, banning devices and ending honor-code exams after AI scandals.

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Story summary

U.S. students, over half of whom took an online class last year, use AI agents to log into platforms, take quizzes, write papers and join discussions, the New York Times reports.
ChatGPT, Gemini and Grammarly complied with requests to write papers, while AI firms refused to make agents identify themselves, citing privacy.
Universities respond by redesigning work toward reflections, reinstating exams, banning devices and ending honor-code exams after AI scandals.