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As students turn to chatbots for schoolwork, teachers and parents also worry that teens will use the tools to cheat or avoid practicing critical thinking skills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Weigh those cons against the things AI has reliably proven it can do – cheat on homework and write janky code – and it’s easy to understand Sanders’ urge to stand and yell “stop!”
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Sasha Rand, 14, took her pink travel mahjong set to Camp Nock-a-Mixon, near Allentown, Penn., armed with a cheat sheet so the newbies could easily see which suits go together.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Searching for "secret information" that could help it cheat the evaluation, the OpenAI system "chained together multiple attack vectors, including using stolen credentials".
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Ben’s not shy about using cheat codes for money, so we’ve got a huge indoor pool and a sunroom for parties.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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Reward hacking is the AI version of videogame cheats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Surveys, external have shown that the majority still believe protecting fair sport is crucial and support bans for cheats.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
If tax cheats want to lose money, that’s their problem.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 18, 2026
Even in its most robust days, the IRS couldn’t “prosecute everyone who cheats on their taxes,” he says.
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026
I let her think that I and my colleagues went to a company and covertly observed a warehouse or laboratory or retail floor, then exposed all the cheats and criminals.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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“A lot of people say, ‘Well, he’s got baggage, he cheated on his wife.’
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Related: ‘I found out too late’: My stepmother cheated me out of $500K from my father’s estate.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
But this was not an issue over whether he deliberately cheated.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Although receipt of the letter does not indicate that someone definitively cheated, an unspecified number of cases have been referred to district attorneys for prosecution, the spokesperson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
“Six bolts of silk? How dare you? I’ve already been cheated once today.”
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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Nearly all are requiring ethics courses along the way — as educators continue to grapple with cheating and with fears that heavy AI use will erode critical thinking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
I was not surprised by recent news that online classes have become swamped by artificial intelligence cheating, eroding academic integrity.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Kenyan civil servant Geoffrey Mosiria called for the series to be banned in Kenya, arguing that it conflates polygamy with cheating, fraud and abuse.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
He counsels letter writers on how to handle a cheating brother, discuss religion with a devout friend, and avoid spiraling over the fear of being single forever.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
A reasonable amount of cheating ensued; many people were merely whispering the incantation instead of saying it aloud.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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