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Yonsei Sets AI Ethics Forum as Korea University Nullifies Midterm and Posts New Guidelines

The scandals have shifted priorities toward enforceable AI rules across courses.

Overview

  • Yonsei plans a campuswide forum hosted by its Institute for AI and Social Innovation to address AI ethics, online testing, and potential changes to teaching and evaluation.
  • Korea University invalidated a large online midterm after students shared screenshots and answers in KakaoTalk chat rooms, with disciplinary reviews underway and final-exam procedures under review.
  • Yonsei’s Oct. 15 online midterm for a 600‑student “Natural Language Processing and ChatGPT” course saw students evade monitoring through camera blind spots and screenshots, with about 40 admissions after a video audit.
  • Korea University has published bilingual AI-use guidelines outlining instructor policies, assignment design, integrity expectations, disclosure requirements, and the use of AI detection tools.
  • Surveys show widespread AI use by students and limited institutional rules, with 77.1 percent of universities lacking concrete AI policies and experts urging assessments that evaluate process, citation, and AI literacy.