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Title: China Shuts Down AI Tools During Nationwide College Exams

Link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/09/1849...

According to Bloomberg, several major Chinese AI companies, including
Alibaba, ByteDance, and Tencent, have temporarily disabled certain chatbot
features during the gaokao college entrance exams to prevent cheating.
"Popular AI apps, including Alibaba's Qwen and ByteDance's Doubao, have
stopped picture recognition features from responding to questions about test
papers, while Tencent's Yuanbao, Moonshot's Kimi have suspended photo-
recognition services entirely during exam hours," adds The Verge. From the
report: The rigorous multi-day "gaokao" exams are sat by more than 13.3
million Chinese students between June 7-10th, each fighting to secure one of
the limited spots at universities across the country. Students are already
banned from using devices like phones and laptops during the hours-long
tests, so the disabling of AI chatbots serves as an additional safety net to
prevent cheating during exam season. When asked to explain the suspension,
Bloomberg reports the Yuanbao and Kimi chatbots responded that functions had
been disabled "to ensure the fairness of the college entrance examinations."
Similarly, the DeepSeek AI tool that went viral earlier this year is also
blocking its service during specific hours "to ensure fairness in the college
entrance examination,"according to The Guardian. The Guardian notes that the
news is being driven by students on the Chinese social media platform Weibo.
"The gaokao entrance exam incites fierce competition as it's the only means
to secure a college placement in China, driving concerns that students may
try to improve their chances with AI tools," notes The Verge.

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