MIT report: AI can now credibly complete most undergraduate assignments

A report from MIT indicates that AI can now complete most undergraduate assignments at a level that seems credible: not just approximately right, but genuinely hard to distinguish from a student's own work.

For students and teachers, this is not just a theoretical detail. It raises a very concrete question: how do you know whether an assignment was actually done by the student?

For companies hiring recent graduates, the point is related: diplomas and assignments may say less about actual skills than they used to.

You do not need to change anything tomorrow. But if you work at an educational institution, sit on an academic committee or recruit recent graduates, this is a good time to start looking at how you test real knowledge, rather than just having students hand in an assignment.