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IIT Bombay student dies after exam integrity incident involving AI
A second-year student at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay has died, sparking campus protests. The institute says the student used a mobile phone during an examination and uploaded exam questions to ChatGPT seeking answers.
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The death of the IIT Bombay student has triggered demonstrations across the campus, with questions being raised about institutional handling of the incident. According to the institute, the student was found using a mobile phone during an examination and had attempted to obtain answers by uploading exam questions to the AI platform ChatGPT. Institute officials said they had subsequently counseled the student and assured him that the incident would not negatively impact his academic future. The circumstances surrounding the student's death remain unclear. The incident has reignited broader concerns about academic integrity policies at premier Indian engineering institutions and the pressures faced by students. Campus authorities have not released further details about the sequence of events or the student's identity. The protests come amid growing scrutiny of how top-tier institutes address violations of examination rules and support mechanisms available to struggling students.