This year, 6 cases were detected, and a successful tax accountant was also suspected... Visual identification limit
Promote introduction of 7,200 radio detectors and deployment of dedicated personnel
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ok Seong-gu = As cheating using artificial intelligence (AI) smart glasses was discovered one after another in national qualification tests, the National Assembly is pushing for a plan to increase the budget by 6.5 billion won for the introduction of radio detectors and the deployment of dedicated personnel.
The need to respond to cheating using cutting-edge devices is growing, as suspicions of cheating using smart glasses have been raised surrounding those who passed the tax accountant exam this year.
According to the National Assembly and the Ministry of Employment and Labor on the 13th, the office of Rep. Kim Wi-sang of the People's Power Party, a member of the National Assembly's Climate, Energy, Environment and Labor Committee, prepared a plan to increase the budget by 6.573 billion won for the introduction of radio detectors and deployment of professional personnel in the qualification examination project under the Human Resources Development Service of Korea ahead of the review of next year's budget.
This is because the corporation estimated and reported the necessary budget at the request of the National Assembly member's office when the issue of cheating on high-tech devices in the national qualification test came to the fore in the previously held government audit.
As the reason for the increase, the Corporation explained, "Recently, in the qualification examination project for which about 4.4 million people take the exam every year, cheating using cutting-edge devices such as AI-based smart glasses has been occurring," and "This is a budget for manpower and equipment input to ensure the fairness of the exam and prevent cheating."
Specifically, 3.6 billion won is spent on distributing 7,200 radio detectors, and 2.973 billion won is spent on deploying 23,559 experts to monitor fraudulent use of smart devices such as smart glasses.
Although no separate budget has been allocated this year, the intention is to actively respond by investing equipment and manpower as the problem of cheating in the national qualification test continues.
In fact, as of the end of last month, a total of six cases of cheating related to smart glasses were detected among the national qualification tests held this year.
Meanwhile, a person who passed the tax accountant qualification test at the top of his class recorded an unusually high score, getting only one question wrong out of 160 questions in the four subjects of the first test, sparking controversy among test takers.
This year's first and second tax accountant exams were held in April and July, respectively, and Mr. A, the top passer, received 97.5 points in finance alone among the four subjects in the first test, and 100 points in all of Introduction to Tax Law, Introduction to Accounting, and Commercial Law.
Above all, the possibility of cheating using AI smart glasses was raised as Mr. A received a perfect score in Introduction to Tax Law, where the average score of test takers was only 30.18 points.
The Corporation stated that it had not identified any unusual matters related to cheating in the test operation and first test scoring data, but that it was confirming the facts, including expert review of the second subjective essay-type answer sheet.
Furthermore, the corporation emphasized the need for increased equipment and budget expansion, saying that the existing anti-fraud system has limitations in responding to AI smart glasses.
The Corporation said, “AI smart glasses have a similar appearance to regular glasses, so it is difficult for test supervisors to identify them with the naked eye,” and added, “There are limitations in supervising cheating because it relies on observing test takers’ abnormal behavior.”
He added, "There is a need to strengthen the effectiveness of test supervision by distributing equipment that can detect wireless communication signals used in AI smart glasses, etc. to testing centers," and added, "The rapid deployment of dedicated personnel is also urgent."
It is possible that the increase plan prepared this time will be finally reflected in next year's budget after discussions with the Climate and Labor Committee's Budget Settlement Review Subcommittee and the general meeting.
Rep. Kim Wi-sang emphasized, "During this budget review process, the financial resources needed to respond to AI device fraud must be secured," and added, "Even before establishing a radio wave detection system, preemptive countermeasures are needed, such as conducting a full inspection of eyewear and allowing only rimless and gold-rimmed glasses."
