California’s AI-Generated Bar Exam Questions Went As Poorly As You’d Expect

California’s AI-Generated Bar Exam Questions Went As Poorly As You’d Expect

California’s February 2025 bar exam was, in technical terms, a hot-ass mess. Nearly 60 percent of post-exam survey respondents reported that the exam software froze, crashed, or otherwise became unresponsive during the multiple-choice question portion of the exam. Over 60 percent of respondents said the wording of the multiple-choice questions did not align with standard legal terminology and phrasing. And for the written portion, 75 percent rep…

Ars Technica: AI secretly helped write California bar exam, sparking uproar | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

Ars Technica: AI secretly helped write California bar exam, sparking uproar. “On Monday, the State Bar of California revealed that it used AI to develop a portion of multiple-choice questions on its February 2025 bar exam, causing outrage among law school faculty and test takers. The admission comes after weeks of complaints about technical problems and irregularities during the exam administration, reports the Los Angeles Times.”The post Ars Te…