Several of South Korea’s North Korea Condemns U.S.–South Korea Joint Drills top universities including Yonsei University, Seoul National University (SNU), and Korea University are grappling with a widespread cheating scandal after students admitted using AI tools such as ChatGPT to complete exams.
SNU Faces Similar Allegations
At Seoul National University, professors found that students used AI to complete a statistics exam. Despite rules banning AI tools, some students generated code using school-provided computers with the help of ChatGPT. Administrators are now reportedly considering invalidating the midterm results and ordering a retake.
Korea University has also come under scrutiny. In a huge online course with over 1,400 students, midterm answers were allegedly shared in a chatroom, allowing students to coordinate and cheat.
Universities Under Pressure to Reform
In response, Yonsei has called for a public hearing on AI ethics, hosted by its Institute for AI and Social Innovation. Korea University has also published new AI usage guidelines, outlining rules for students and faculty and how to responsibly use generative tools.
This crisis is forcing Korean universities to rethink how they assess students in the AI era. Remote exams, large online courses, and traditional evaluation methods may need to evolve.
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