July 9, 2026

‘We cannot choose to become idiots’: a Brown professor’s proof of mass AI cheating

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An economics professor at Brown University suspects most of his class cheated with AI, and he has the numbers to make the case. Roberto Serrano watched his take-home midterm average hit 96 out of 100. When he switched the final to an in-person test,...