People Power Party: "CSAT Can't Detect AI Glasses... 'Zero Tolerance' Is Just an Empty Threat"

[Financial News] On the 15th, the People Power Party criticized the government amid growing concerns about cheating with AI smart glasses ahead of the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), asking, “How can you call yourselves one of the world’s top three AI powers when you can’t even ensure a single fair exam?”
Choi Bo-yoon, the People Power Party’s chief spokesperson, said in a commentary that “despite budgeting 10 trillion won for AI, the government only recently issued a tender for a 50 million won project to develop AI-glasses detectors,” adding that “with no means to catch them and no proven equipment, ‘zero tolerance’ is just a threat.”
Allegations of cheating with AI smart glasses emerged recently after it became known that the top-ranked passer in the 63rd Tax Accountant Qualification Exam answered 159 of 160 questions correctly in the first stage. The controversy intensified when the candidate scored a perfect mark in Introduction to Tax Law, where test-takers averaged 30.18 points. However, no evidence has been found to date that the candidate actually used AI glasses.
Choi, the chief spokesperson, noted that “an exceptionally high score is not evidence of cheating,” but said that “this controversy raises a fundamental question about whether the current exam management system can properly prevent cheating involving the misuse of advanced technology.”
Ahead of the CSAT on the 19th, the government said it would assign staff tasked with identifying smart glasses at each test site and establish a response system linked to situation rooms at the Ministry of Education and city and provincial education offices. On the 13th, the government also described cheating with AI smart glasses as “a serious problem” and said it would put its response plan into effect without disruption.
Choi, the chief spokesperson, argued that “this year’s CSAT, too, will ultimately have no choice but to rely on proctors’ visual checks,” and said the government “must answer how accurately AI glasses can actually be identified and whether the effectiveness of the on-site response has been adequately tested.”
Choi went on to urge that “the exam is a ladder of fairness that young people count on,” and that “the response system for advanced devices across national exams should be reviewed, and the effectiveness of detection technology should be validated and its on-site implementation expedited.” Choi added, “An AI powerhouse starts with trust, not slogans.”

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