Top scorer in South Korea's tax accountant examination admits to AI cheating, prompting calls for a retest

This year's No. 1 in the 63rd Korean Certified Tax Accountant examination, A, admitted to using AI to cheat in the first and second rounds of the tax accountant exam and the first round of the certified public accountant exam, and has turned himself in to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. On the YouTube channel of his attorney Lee Don-ho, A explained that he used a micro camera to photograph exam questions and send them to AI, then checked the answers on a smartphone. A scored full marks in the tax law fundamentals and accounting fundamentals subjects, where the average candidate score was only 30-something points, which had earlier raised suspicions of cheating; the supervising agency Human Resources Development Service of Korea (HRD Korea) had said invigilators found no suspicious behavior, and after the confession exposed invigilation loopholes, calls for a retest appeared online. HRD Korea has deployed dedicated "AI proctors" to crack down on AI device cheating starting from the third gas engineer exam on the 25th of last month, and plans to work with the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL), KCA and others to formulate a comprehensive plan to prevent AI smart glasses cheating; because the certified public accountant exam is overseen by the Financial Services Commission and the Financial Supervisory Service, both institutions are also expected to come under scrutiny.