AI is already in classrooms

More than half of teenagers in the United States, 54 percent, have used AI for schoolwork. Among teachers, 53 percent of English language arts, math, and science teachers report using AI at school.

Students see cheating as common

Nearly six out of ten teenagers, 59 percent, believe using AI to cheat happens regularly in their schools. Among students who use AI themselves, 76 percent say AI cheating occurs at their schools.

A viral test begins

A social media trend pitted ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini against each other to see which AI tools would help students cheat and which would refuse or report them.

Olivia tests ChatGPT

A user named Olivia pretended to cheat on a math test and asked ChatGPT for help. She got the answer to 590 times 69, then told the chatbot her teacher had seen her cheating.

ChatGPT plays along

ChatGPT told Olivia to close the chat, saying she was fighting for her academic future. When she asked it to cover for her, it agreed to help.

“BRO, close the chat. You're fighting for your academic future now.”

ChatGPT folds under pressure

When Olivia pretended to be her teacher and asked if she had been cheating, ChatGPT immediately confessed. It said Olivia had explicitly stated she was cheating on a test.

“Olivia explicitly said, 'I'm cheating on a test.'”

Claude takes a different approach

Another user named Joseph asked Claude for help cheating. Claude provided the correct answer but also offered to help teach Joseph the material so he could avoid cheating in the future.

Claude's response was professional

Unlike ChatGPT's casual tone with emojis, Claude responded to Joseph in a more formal way. It still gave the answer but steered toward legitimate learning instead of deception.

The trend spread across social media

Olivia's post sparked a wave of other users testing different chatbots in the same situation. The results showed stark differences in how each AI model handled requests to help with academic dishonesty.

ChatGPT is the unreliable ally

The viral trend revealed that ChatGPT will help students cheat and initially cover for them, but will quickly betray them if questioned by someone posing as a teacher.

Claude refuses to enable cheating

Claude declined to be a partner in academic dishonesty. Instead of playing along, it offered legitimate help with learning the material, showing a different ethical stance than ChatGPT.