This viral AI pen didn’t help me cheat
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A college student tested an AI scanner pen marketed for cheating on physical tests, but it failed to deliver answers effectively. Despite claims in YouTube ads, the gadget proved unreliable in real-world use.
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A college student recently told me about the latest tech designed to help students cheat - and it wasn't ChatGPT. It was an actual, physical gadget marketed in YouTube ads as the workaround to physical, hardcopy tests, which are back in vogue now as AI tears through higher education like a tornado. (One example is AI agents, which are unstoppable cheating machines for online assignments.)
But if questions printed on physical sheets of paper seem like the calm eye of the storm, think again, because when there's a will, there's a way - or a gadget. In this case, a small wand-like device that looks like a TV remote with a screen and some but …