Brown prof suspected AI cheating, switched to in-person final; scores dropped 50%

Suspecting AI cheating, Ivy League prof ordered in-person final; scores fell 50%

A Brown University professor noticed abnormally high scores on take-home exams and suspected widespread AI cheating. After switching to an in-person, closed-book final, the class average plunged from the 90s to the 40s—a 50% drop. The professor called it a moral crisis, not a tech problem: if Ivy League students fake their way through with AI, society fails. The article doesn't disclose the course name or exact enrollment, but confirms the university has opened an academic integrity investigation.

Why it matters: A concrete, data-backed AI cheating story that clears all three HKR axes. Score capped below 85 because the article doesn't disclose the course name or enrollment size, and the event is about educational ethics rather than AI tech advancement.