An AI-supervised remote exam went so badly that 58,000 students must retake it

Ars Technica
By Nate AndersonAug 3, 2026, 3:00 pm71 pts
Earlier this summer, nearly 160,000 applicants took the entrance exam for UNAM, Mexico's largest university. For the first time, they did it completely remotely, using a "lockdown" browser and AI-powered webcam proctoring software, over several weeks from late May through early June. It was a disaster. When…

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