2026-07-27T14:41:57.63237Z

Nobody_Special@Nobody_Special@piefed.social

Professor's invisible prompt trap catches 32 students cheating on their midterm with AI

In an online discussion post, Alcorn State University history professor Dr. Jason Gibson posed a question that represented part of his students’ midterm. It was about the…

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TechSpotProfessor's invisible prompt trap catches 32 students cheating on their midterm with AIIn an online discussion post, Alcorn State University history professor Dr. Jason Gibson posed a question that represented part of his students' midterm. It was about the...

2026-07-27T18:49:01.913672Z

Pxtl@Pxtl@lemmy.ca

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You’d have to be careful to craft the message in a way that a vision-impaired student would know to ignore it though, since assistive tech like a screenreader would suffer the same flaw. But by making it so outlandish helps.

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2026-07-27T19:22:13.369618Z

Andy@andrewrgross@slrpnk.net

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I don’t think so. I think that if you were blind and a screen reader have you those instructions, you’d likely ask a sighted friend to check if the screen reader glitched out message the professor for clarification.

I also wouldn’t be surprised if some blind students immediately understood what they were hearing.

2026-07-27T20:26:42.667028Z

frongt@frongt@lemmy.zip

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I think the professor is already aware of anyone in the class who uses assistive technology like that.