South Korea Plans New Budget to Stop AI Glasses Cheating in Exams

AI glasses look just like regular glasses, so they are hard to spot by eye. As worries grow over AI cheating in national qualification exams, South Korea is weighing new ways to respond.

A lawmaker from the main opposition People Power Party has proposed adding about 6.57 billion won (roughly 4.7 million US dollars) to the 2027 budget to buy radio signal detectors and hire full-time staff. The exam agency estimates 3.6 billion won for 7,200 detectors and 2.97 billion won for 23,559 staff members. The plan still needs approval from parliament.

Six cases of smart glasses cheating were caught in this year's national exams by the end of October. In the college entrance test on the 19th, each of the 1,312 test sites will have at least one proctor trained to spot AI glasses.

The education ministry banned AI glasses from test rooms in July. Students caught cheating with them may be barred from exams for up to three years and could face criminal charges.