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An AI-supervised remote exam went so badly that 58,000 students must retake it

Approximately 58,000 students in India must retake a university entrance exam after an AI-based remote proctoring system malfunctioned during the initial testing period. The error resulted in an unusual fivefold increase in top-tier scores, forcing officials to invalidate the results and reschedule the assessment to ensure academic integrity.

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