Fields Medal-winning UC Berkeley professor ends graded homework due to AI cheating

Tom's Hardware
Oct 27, 2026, 4:09 pm109 ptsTrending
A University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) professor has stopped giving his students graded homework, saying that rampant AI use has made it pointless. According to the New York Post, renowned mathematician Richard Borcherds said that it’s now nearly impossible to tell the difference between a…

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