Yes, AI has definitely made the cheating problem (including getting 'help,' not cheating) worse but the problem was bad already Doing homewo…

Yes, AI has definitely made the cheating problem (including getting "help," not cheating) worse but the problem was bad already Doing homework improved final test grades for 86% of college students students in 2008, but only 45% in 2017. Why? The internet let people copy instead A Brown professor gave his students a take-home midterm exam. After suspecting many cheated using AI, he made the final in-person. The orange dots are the midterm scores and the gray dots are the final scores. Looks like all but 3 cheated on the midterm.

Source: Ethan Mollick (X) | 2026-07-09