( August 18, 2026, 09:55 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: UK universities should face stricter exam regulation as existing rules are failing to keep pace with generative AI, think tank Policy Exchange said in a report. Universities’ widespread use of unsupervised online exams fails existing regulatory requirements because students can use generative AI without detection, it said. The Office for Students, or OfS, and Quality Assurance Agency, or QAA, should require universities to show that assessment methods are resistant to generative AI, it said.Report is attached. ...
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