The gaokao plays the same role as the Baccalaureate in the Chinese education system: it is a national secondary school leaving exam that determines access to higher education. But the diploma is much more selective and intensive since there is no continuous assessment. And the social pressure is much more intense on the shoulders of teenagers, the gaokao being also and above all a stake in social status and mobility.
Generative AI has no access to the examination room
After years of intensive cramming, the approximately 13.4 million candidates are currently cramming for their gaokao. And there is no question of using generative AI to obtain ready-made answers! For one thing, smartphones and other devices are prohibited in the examination rooms. But those who still try to cheat—at their own risk—will be left in trouble: the country's leading AI apps have temporarily shut down their image recognition functions.
Yuanbao (Tencent), Moonshot (Kimi), and Qwen (Alibaba) offer users the ability to analyze photos: if it's an image of an exam paper, these apps can solve the problems and answer the questions. "To ensure the fairness of university entrance exams, this function cannot be used during the exam period," replies one of these bots.
Qwen specifies that the service is "temporarily closed during exam hours between June 7 and 10." In China, authorities are keeping a very close eye on large companies; they are not allowed to do anything. Last month, the Chinese Ministry of Education issued a set of regulations banning students from using generative AI for exams and homework.
Source: Bloomberg
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