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University Faces Backlash for Monitoring Students with AV

The university said the AI-derived measure was dropped after concerns that it misread students taking notes or using devices.

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China's Nanjing University has stopped using AI to assess where students are looking over concerns about privacy and whether a head-up position is a meaningful indicator of engagement.

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A new system for "smart classrooms" leads to protests among students at Nanjing University. The university management tries to appease — with flimsy explanations.

·Zürich, Switzerland
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Nanking University in China has stopped tracking the frequency of head-raising in lectures after student and public outrage over its "smart classroom" system. Artificial intelligence-based software has raised privacy concerns and raised the question of whether head position can even be an indicator of attention and learning quality. The controversy started after the announcement that the promoted […] The article Students in China against AI surv…

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Why is the CCP so anxious and tightly controlling of the behavior of teachers and students? Because from the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 to the White Paper Movement, students have been at the forefront of resistance against totalitarianism, so the CCP attaches great importance to the brainwashing and surveillance of university students. Today, with university graduates facing unemployment, a collapsing economy, and increasing social divisi…

·New York, United States
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大纪元 Epoch Times broke the news in New York, United States on Wednesday, November 11, 2026.
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