South Korea's presidential office will hold an emergency meeting on AI cheating in the tax accountant exam, 4 days before the College Scholastic Ability Test

The South Korean presidential office will hold a response meeting on the afternoon of the 15th chaired by policy chief Ha Joon-kyung to address the AI cheating discovered in the tax accountant examination, just 4 days before the College Scholastic Ability Test to be held on the 19th. Presidential chief of staff Lim Kwang-hyun said at a briefing that the matter is extremely serious and that, because the college entrance exam is being held next week, efforts have been under way to prepare countermeasures. The top scorer of this year's 63rd tax accountant examination, identified as A, admitted that day to using a miniature camera, a smartphone and generative AI to cheat in the first and second rounds of the examination, turned himself in to police, and said he had also cheated in the first round of the certified public accountant examination. Because the cheating went undetected even in an examination hall with invigilators, critics argue that the national qualification examination management system needs an overall review; concerns about cheating with advanced electronic devices such as smart glasses have intensified, and the government is expected to accelerate tightening examination supervision.