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Cheating with AI: Are Large Language Models Undermining Academic Integrity?;




AuthorsRytilahti, Juuso; Puhtila, Panu; Kaila, Erkki

EditorsKemell, Kai-Kristian; Vakkuri, Ville; Vartiainen, Tero; Mäkipää, Juho-Pekka

Conference nameCEUR workshop proceedings

Publication year2026

Journal: CEUR Workshop Proceedings

Book title Tethics 2025 : Proceedings of the Conference on Technology Ethics 2025

Volume4237

First page 27

Last page41

ISBN1613-0073

eISSN1613-0073

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Abstract

The performance of Large Language Models (LLMs) has evolved significantly in a short time. In relation to this, the pedagogical landscape has also changed, as more and more students adopt these technologies. In this article, we outline how the transforming landscape has affected academic cheating in higher education through the context of programming education. For this, we reflect on 3 different, easily available cheating methods utilizing large language models: generating answers to programming exercises, generating essay answers, and modifying existing resources, such as blog texts or Wikipedia articles, into new answers. For each method, we show simple examples and analyze the quality of the artifacts produced by the models and their usability as real assignment solutions. Moreover, we discuss the difficulties in detecting or preventing the illicit use of AI tools and the potential problems caused by such efforts. Finally, we try to predict how AI will shape the future of education.


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This work has been supported by FAST, the Finnish Software Engineering Doctoral Research Network, funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland.


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