A Conversation With Dr James Gupta, CEO And Founder Of Online Exam Platform Synap On Student AI Use

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Synap's CEO Dr James Gupta discusses a sharp rise in student AI use for exams and the incentives driving that trend, noting usage climbed from 66% to 92% in a year. He warns that contract cheating and identity fraud remain major vulnerabilities and recommends stronger identity verification alongside proctoring and lockdown tools. Gupta argues AI-detection tools are probabilistic and unreliable on their own, so institutions should combine multiple signals and consider supervised or hybrid partial-open-book assessments. He urges vendors to build sandboxed assessment environments, protect student data transparently, and redesign assessments to evaluate process as well as final outputs.

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Synap

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