AI smart glasses fuel exam cheating crisis in test-driven East Asian education systems

For as long as there have been tests in schools, students have found ways to cheat, whether it is peeking over a classmate's shoulder or scribbling notes on a palm or crib sheet.

In East Asia's test-obsessed societies, where a single exam could impact the trajectory of a student's future career and social status, educators are scrambling to get ahead of the problem.

The technology is evolving faster than our ability to detect it, and we are in an arms race with cheaters.