Technology companies in China disable artificial intelligence functions during university admission exams

In China, one exam can decide your future, and this year, students are not allowed for any help from artificial intelligence.

When millions of elderly people in high schools began sitting in the “Gaokao” total admission exam in China, from Saturday, the largest technology companies in the country quietly pulled the plug on the tools of artificial intelligence.

Applications from TENCENT, Bytedance, and Moonshot AI disabled such as identifying images and answering in actual time, a step aimed at preventing students from using Chatbots to cheat during the national test of high risk.

Last month, the China Ministry of Education warned students against relying on the answers created by artificial intelligence of tasks or tests, even while promoting education from artificial intelligence from an early age.

This year, about 13.4 million students “Gaokao”, which lasts from Saturday to Tuesday, according to local media.

Unlike admission to the American College, which often consider articles, curricula, various standard exams, and school records, the China system is almost fully inclined to this one test. For many students, especially those from countryside or low -income backgrounds, “Gaokao” is a snapshot once a year in social movement.

This type of pressure has fed the arms race in the preparatory test, from private education centers to school after school. But during the weekend until this week, artificial intelligence was outside the table.

Chinese chatbots becomes dark

The screenshots posted by users on the Chinese application have shown that the famous chat keys such as Tencen’s Yuanbao, Doubao’s Doubao, and Moonshot Ai Kimi have disrupted the exam -related features during the test hours.

In one posts on Sunday, the user passed by “DKK” tried to download what he seems to be a test sheet to Doubao. Chatbot closes it immediately: “Image content is incompatible and loading failure.”

In another screen shot published on Monday, the user “GEINI0612” asked to help with a question. Chatbot answered with a notification: “We are very sorry. In order to ensure the deviation of the admission exam in the college, the Q&A job will be closed temporarily in Doubao during the exam period and it will be restored after the exam at 6.45 pm this afternoon. Thank you for your understanding and support, all the candidates want good luck in the college entrance exam.”

“Dear users, to ensure fairness in the college’s admission exam, this job is not available during the college’s admission exam period. Tennenight Yuanao hopes for all candidates in the exam.”.

Tencent’s Chatbot provides users with an option between the internal Hunyuan model and Deepseek’s R1. The Church -based technology company has integrated both models through its vast ecosystem, including WeChat, the largest social media application in China used by approximately 1.4 billion people.

Chatbot Chatbot Chatbot from Moonshot AI has also imprisoned photo recognition and review functions. In the Rednote publication on Sunday, the user who said he was a university student uploaded a picture of a question and asked to help from Kimi. Chatbot responded with another canned message about guaranteeing fairness during the college’s admission exam period.

Pay the user back: “I am not a candidate for the college’s admission exam. This college’s admission exam is not tested.”

But Kimi did not budge.

He did not respond to Trent, Bytedance and Moonshot AI to request a comment from Business Insider.

China wants students to learn artificial intelligence – they just do not use it for cheating

China is everything in teaching artificial intelligence.

In the capital of China, Beijing, artificial intelligence teaching is mandatory for students, including primary schools.

Starting in this fall, schools in the city must provide at least eight hours of artificial intelligence instructions for each academic year, the Municipal Education Committee in Beijing said in March.

While the country is racing to build a generation of reading and writing, the organizers also draw a solid line, saying that artificial intelligence is learning, not for shortcuts.

By pulling the plug during “Gaokao”, technology companies reinforced the message: AI has no place in the examination hall.