3 students were caught using ChatGPT while sitting their medical school entrance exams earlier this month. The news that the students were caught using AI in order to cheat their way onto a medicine cause appears in a report published by the Examination Commission. All those caught cheating were disqualified forthwith. Normally the computers used by those sitting the exam should not have access to online applications such as ChatGPT.
In what is a first here in Flanders, 3 students that were sitting the entrance exam for medical school have been caught cheating using ChatGPT. The exams were held 3 weeks ago on 2, 3 and 4 July. 2 of the students caught cheating using AI were sitting the entrance exam for a medical course, the other AI cheat had hoped to study to become a vet.
Measures are taken to prevent cheating of this nature and the computers used in the exams normally don’t have full access to the internet. All those caught cheating have been disqualified and their exam papers declared invalid.
The Chair of the Examination Committee Jan Eggermont told VRT News thatr "This is the first time that participants have been caught using ChatGPT”.
Loophole
Students sit the exam using an online platform. Participants should not be able to access other online applications, such as ChatGPT via the computer. Nevertheless, the students that were caught were able to enlist the help of ChatGPT online.
Mr Eggermont told VRT News that given the large number of participants and the fact that the exam can be sat at 73 locations across Flanders, not all the computers used can be checked to ensure that their settings don’t allow access to applications such as ChatGPT.
In addition to the 3 AI cheats, 1 student was caught cheating using earphones, while 4 others were caught communicating with each other using hand signals.