Princeton changes its 133-year-old honor code over AI cheating fears

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🗞️ Driving the news: Princeton University is changing its 133-year-old honor code by requiring proctoring for all in-person exams starting this summer, amid growing concerns over AI-enabled cheating

🔭 The context: Since 1893, Princeton’s honor system relied on students pledging not to cheat, with exam proctoring banned as a matter of trust
• Faculty have now voted to reverse that tradition as generative AI tools make academic misconduct harder to detect and easier to scale

🌍 Why it matters for the planet: While not directly environmental, the decision reflects a wider governance challenge around AI: institutions must adapt trust-based systems to technologies that can undermine accountability, integrity and fairness
• These same governance questions affect climate data, corporate disclosures and sustainability reporting

⏭️ What’s next: Universities are likely to redesign exams, assessment methods and AI policies as they balance academic integrity with responsible use of new technologies

💬 One quote: “Those days are over, largely because of AI.” — The Wall Street Journal

📈 One stat: Princeton’s honor code dates back 133 years, to 1893

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