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Princeton scraps honor code and will supervise exams for first time in 133 years because of AI

2026-05-14 · r/technology

Princeton University, which maintained its iconic honor code since 1893, has finally thrown in the towel thanks to AI cheating. After 133 years of trusting students not to cheat, the university will now require proctored exams — because apparently ChatGPT destroyed what two World Wars and the internet couldn't. Nothing says 'academic integrity crisis' like AI single-handedly killing a tradition older than most countries.

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