AI Smart Glasses at Essay Exam... University of Seoul Files Complaint Against Applicants for 'Obstruction of Business'
Two Applicants Caught at Mathematics Essay Exam Venue
A Similar Case Also Reported at Yonsei University's Essay Exam Venue
The University of Seoul filed a criminal complaint against two applicants caught possessing or using smart glasses during its early admission essay exam.
According to police and other sources on November 5, the Dongdaemun Police Station in Seoul received a complaint on October 26 accusing two applicants caught cheating with smart glasses at the University of Seoul's essay exam of obstruction of business.
On October 3, the university caught two applicants wearing or carrying smart glasses equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) at its mathematics essay exam for natural science applicants. The university immediately removed them from the exam venue and barred them from taking its entrance exams for the next three years. On October 13, following deliberation by its Admissions Management Committee, the university voted to file a complaint against the two applicants for cheating.
On October 29, the Ministry of Education announced its "Response Plan for Cheating Using Smart Glasses on the College Scholastic Ability Test," saying it would take active measures to ensure that cheating using smart glasses could be subject to criminal penalties. The ministry also recommended that universities take measures comparable to those applied to the College Scholastic Ability Test against applicants caught cheating in university-administered exams.
Earlier, on October 22, Yonsei University said it was considering filing criminal charges against an applicant who wore smart glasses equipped with AI during an essay exam. Yonsei said, "We will respond firmly, applying a zero-tolerance principle to conduct that undermines the fairness and credibility of admissions."
On October 10, an applicant wearing smart glasses was caught during a mathematics essay exam for natural science and interdisciplinary applicants, held at 10:30 a.m. at Yonsei University's Sinchon Campus in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul. A proctor noticed that the applicant's glasses looked different from ordinary glasses and alerted the exam headquarters, which collected them. The applicant admitted to wearing smart glasses. Yonsei plans to disqualify the applicant from its 2027 essay exam and bar them from applying through early admissions for the 2028 academic year.
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According to the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation, smart glasses are among the items prohibited at College Scholastic Ability Test venues under the exam regulations. If applicants do not hand in wireless devices, including smart glasses, before the first exam period begins and wear them during the test, their exam will be invalidated and they will be barred from taking the test the following year.
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