AI cheating forces University of Waterloo to withhold coding competition results

A hot potato: Once again, the problem of AI being used by students to cheat on exams has reared its head. On this occasion, the University of Waterloo's Canadian Computing Competition (CCC) has decided not to publish its official results, which it usually does, over the belief that AI was used by some participants to write code. Those who do well in the University of Waterloo's CCC are often accepted into the University's prestigious computing and engineering programs, or are even selected to represent Canada in international competitions, student Juan Marulanda De Los Rios told The Logic. It can also help when applying for internships, jobs, or work experience programs. The University normally releases students' CCC scores every year, but co-chairs J.P. Pretti and Troy Vasiga said in a statement that the 2025 results won't be made public. The reason for this decision is that it is "clear" many students submitted code they did not write themselves, relying instead on "forbidden exter ... Read full article.