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MIT Report Says AI Can Complete Almost Any Undergraduate Assignment It Sets

The committee said the shift has cut office-hour attendance and pushed some universities toward stricter classroom rules.

  • MIT's ad hoc committee, co-chaired by professors Eric Klopfer and Samuel Madden, found that AI can now credibly complete most undergraduate assignments, prompting the research university to consider an educational system overhaul.
  • In under three years, AI tools have driven major shifts in campus culture, with MIT reporting decreased attendance at office hours, reduced participation in online discussions, and fewer in-person study groups in dorms and libraries.
  • Chicago Law School adopted a new "AI strategy" banning phones and laptops in freshman-level courses this year, while Princeton University abandoned its century-old Honor Code tradition following an AI cheating scandal.
  • Many educators are switching to oral exams and handwritten essays to counter AI-enabled cheating, while some institutions emphasize in-class discussions and hands-on assignments to ensure academic integrity.
  • The Digital Omnibus pushed regulatory obligations back to December 2, 2027, granting institutions sixteen additional months, while regulations under the Act and Annex III prohibit emotion recognition in education and classify student monitoring systems as high-risk.
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In a recent report, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's IA Committee warns about the capabilities of these tools while its students frequently have them. A use that is not without consequences.

·France
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Homework and homework no longer measure learning as before: artificial intelligence can complete from essays and programming exercises to scientific problems and mathematical tests with increasingly convincing results

·Madrid, Spain
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MYTH CHANGES the grading system because AI already solves almost all student assignments, which encourages a return to oral exams and classroom work.

·Zagreb, Croatia
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