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A top Mexican university used AI to prevent exam cheating. Now thousands of admissions are in doubt
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Lee el artículo en españolDaniel Fernando García Velázquez took the admissions exam for Mexico's most famous university four times before finally getting the result that should have guaranteed him admission.
Advertisement AdvertisementCompounding UNAM's headache is that many of those students who feel unfairly treated are now blaming the AI surveillance system that was supposed to ensure the exam was cheat-proof.
A symbol of contemporary MexicoUNAM's history traces back to the 16th century, when the government established what was then called the Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico.
Mothers of university applicants hold protest posters during a demonstration at the UNAM Rectory in Mexico City, on July 28, following the discovery of inconsistencies in the online application process for the university entrance exam.
"Also, the number of students who didn't get any correct answers or only got one or two correct also went up, which raises a lot of suspicion."