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England's higher education regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), warns that widespread use of AI by students to complete coursework and exams is making it nearly impossible to reliably assess student knowledge, threatening degree credibility and academic integrity. Universities are urged to return to traditional, supervised assessments.[AI generated]
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
The article explicitly states that AI tools are being used by students to complete assessments rapidly and without detection, leading to a significant risk to the credibility of university assessments. This is a direct consequence of AI use causing harm to the educational community by undermining assessment validity and fairness. The harm is realized and ongoing, not merely potential. The involvement of AI systems in completing assessments and the resulting impact on academic integrity fits the definition of an AI Incident, specifically harm to communities and institutions. The article does not focus on responses or updates but on the harm caused by AI use in assessments.[AI generated]