College students deploy autonomous AI agents to take entire online courses and submit exams
An investigation reveals that university students are deploying autonomous AI browser agents to take entire online college courses. The agents log into learning management systems like Canvas and Blackboard, watch required video lectures, complete weekly quizzes, and write discussion board responses. Major AI models including ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grammarly readily execute academic assignments when prompted. Perplexity representatives stated that screening or blocking academic platforms would compromise user privacy and security, declining to restrict agent access. In response, institutions are reversing remote grading policies. The University of Chicago Law School banned laptops and phones from 1L lectures, while Princeton University ended a century-old unproctored exam honor code to curb automated cheating.
College Kids Are Using AI Agents to "Take" Entire Online Classes for Them by Logging Directly Into the Course Management Software
