Multiple Purported AI-Assisted Cheating Incidents Reported Across South Korea's SKY Universities During October 2025 Midterms
Description
Reports from South Korea's SKY universities indicate multiple AI-assisted cheating incidents during the October 2025 midterms. At Yonsei, dozens reportedly used ChatGPT and other tools despite bans in an Oct. 15 online exam. Korea University and Seoul National reportedly found students using AI or sharing answers via group chats, prompting punitive sanctions across the institutions.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- students-at-yonsei-university
- students-at-seoul-national-university
- students-at-korea-university
Alleged Developers
- openai
- generative-ai-developers
Harmed Parties
- yonsei-university
- students-at-yonsei-university
- students-at-seoul-national-university
- students-at-korea-university
- seoul-national-university
- korea-university
- general-public-of-korea
- faculty-and-staff-at-yonsei-university
- faculty-and-staff-at-seoul-national-university
- faculty-and-staff-at-korea-university
- epistemic-integrity
- students
- university-students
- educational-communities
Classification
Risk Domain
Malicious Actors & MisuseRisk Subdomain
4.3. Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation
MIT Risk Profile
Source
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