Korean universities are installing AI detectors, and a Yonsei University student says classmates pass them by changing a few words. From September, Jeonbuk bars generative AI from the school files that describe a student.
Seoul National University last month caught a group of students who had used AI on assignments, and Korean universities are installing detectors. A search for ways around those detectors returns a stream of tips. A dentistry student at Yonsei University described classmates who slip through by changing a few words.[1]
Students also say a blanket ban is unrealistic. An interior architecture student at Yonsei University said he often uses the tools to organise lecture material and that the shift cannot be stopped. Lee Jae-sung, who teaches AI at Chung-Ang University, argued the question should move from whether AI was used to whether the content was properly checked and whether anything in it is wrong. Lee Kyoung-jun of Kyung Hee University said the principle should be to use AI well and answer for the result, and universities are distributing guidelines that set out such rules.[1]
The Jeonbuk Office of Education has issued what it calls South Korea's first set of education rules on generative AI, applying in schools from September. The guideline bars AI services from qualitative assessment entries such as the school life file, and bans synthesising another person's face or voice without consent. The document runs to 7 chapters and 20 articles and was prepared with the International Association for AI Ethics. Teachers may use AI for materials and lesson design but must make the final call themselves; students must cross-check AI output against official sources and declare the scope and purpose of any AI use in assignments. The guideline carries no legal force; the Jeonbuk office said it will be reviewed at least once a year.[2]
