Students passing university assessments in minutes using AI, regulator warns

Too many university students can use AI to complete assessments without staff finding out, the higher education regulator in England has said. The Office for Students (OfS) said a significant proportion of assessments are unsupervised and many can be completed to a high standard with AI, sometimes in minutes. It said this posed a significant risk to their credibility, and closed-book and practical exams were the most effective forms of assessments. Universities UK said many institutions had made substantial changes to make assessments AI-proof. Universities that do not meet OfS quality standards could soon be banned from charging increased tuition fees or have caps imposed on their student numbers, under proposals that are now being consulted on.