Assembly education panel to hold session Monday on AI cheating ahead of college entrance exam

The National Assembly's education committee will hold a plenary session Monday after the top scorer on this year's licensed tax accountant exam acknowledged cheating using AI.

Education Minister Choi Kyo-jin is scheduled to attend and deliver a briefing on current issues, a committee official said. Choi is expected to present countermeasures against cheating involving smart glasses and take questions from committee members.

Attention is expected to focus particularly on what steps have been taken to prevent AI-assisted cheating on the College Scholastic Ability Test, which is set for Thursday.

The session is also expected to see clashes between the ruling and opposition parties over next year's budget proposal, including a push to increase funding for half-tuition support at private universities and a debate over a future-response fund.

Meanwhile, the top scorer on this year's tax accountant exam appeared Sunday on a lawyer's YouTube channel and acknowledged cheating on both the first and second rounds of the exam using a miniature camera, a smartphone and generative AI.

Police, who received the suspect's voluntary confession, assigned the case to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Metropolitan Investigation Unit for a swift and thorough investigation. The suspect also acknowledged using the same methods to cheat on the first round of the certified public accountant exam held in March.