Yle tested the national entrance examination system developed by Metropolia – cheating attempt failed
Finland’s public service news organisation Yle attempted to use artificial intelligence to cheat a system that almost all higher education institutions in Finland use for entrance examinations. The system in question is the national Vallu entrance examination system, developed by Metropolia University of Applied Sciences.
This week, Metropolia organised a dedicated test exam for Yle for this purpose. Yle wanted to test whether it would be possible to gain admission to a higher education institution by cheating with the help of AI. Yle’s data journalism team spent weeks preparing to challenge the developers of the entrance examination.
In Yle’s test exam, AI was used to generate answers. The cheating attempt failed, and according to Yle, the system appeared more secure than some of the information previously published in the media has suggested. Yle states that, at present, it is difficult to carry out even advanced AI-based cheating in higher education entrance examinations.
Since last spring, Metropolia has also introduced new measures to make cheating more difficult. The autumn entrance examinations for universities of applied sciences will begin on Monday.