{
  "id": 471959,
  "title": "AI agents are moving online course cheating beyond chatbot-written essays via commands like \"log in and complete my quiz\"; major chatbots did not refuse prompts (New York Times)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/ai-agents-are-moving-online-course-cheating-beyond-chatbot-written",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-10T13:40:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/us/ai-cheating-threatens-the-value-of-online-degrees.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4VA.HRYd.ZobdZ73IWxnT"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "As colleges and students embrace virtual classes, the ease of A.I. cheating is raising questions about the value of an online degree.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}