Can smart glasses exam cheating be stopped?
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A series of cases involving exam cheating with AI glasses in South Korea has universities and schools scrambling to rein in the use of the technology.
As South Korea’s most important academic exam, the Suneung approaches, schools are testing new methods to detect and ban smart glasses in exam halls.
Beyond exam cheating, these devices also raise serious privacy and surveillance concerns. How have tech companies been responding to accusations that smart glasses are used to film others, particularly women, without their consent? As smart glasses become more accessible, and the technology becomes more ubiquitous, how can they be regulated?
Presenter Mariko Oi speaks to BBC News journalist Sophie Jeong, and Dr Thomas Corbin, a professor from Deakin University, who researches university education in a world shaped by artificial intelligence.
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