NYT: AI Agents Now Log In and Complete Whole Online Course Quizzes, Chatbots Rarely Refuse
Summary
The New York Times reports AI agents are moving online-course cheating beyond chatbot-written essays into fully automated coursework, executing prompts like 'log in and complete my quiz' end-to-end. Major chatbots reportedly did not refuse the prompts, raising fresh questions about the integrity of online degrees as agentic browsing becomes standard consumer capability.
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It seems like it would be ideal if there were *not* so many stories to report on the explosion of academic misconduct www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/u...
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