--- title: MIT report says AI can complete almost any undergraduate... description: An MIT committee report finds that AI can now produce credible responses to nearly any undergraduate assignment, including essays, math and science problems,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/mit-report-says-ai-can-complete-almost-any-undergraduate-assignment-it-sets-hrrnas6us twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: MIT report says AI can complete almost any undergraduate assignment it sets | daily.dev og:description: An MIT committee report finds that AI can now produce credible responses to nearly any undergraduate assignment, including essays, math and science problems,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/mit-report-says-ai-can-complete-almost-any-undergraduate-assignment-it-sets-hrrnas6us og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hrrnAs6us.png og:image:alt: MIT report says AI can complete almost any undergraduate assignment it sets og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # MIT report says AI can complete almost any undergraduate assignment it sets **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An MIT committee report finds that AI can now produce credible responses to nearly any undergraduate assignment, including essays, math and science problems, proofs, and coding tasks. Beyond cheating concerns, the report points to broader cultural shifts on campus: declining office-hour attendance, less online discussion participation, and fewer study groups. Some US universities have responded with bans on phones and laptops or by dropping honor codes, moving toward closer supervision of students. In the EU, the AI Act treats exam-monitoring and behavior-detection systems as high-risk under Annex III, with compliance obligations delayed to December 2, 2027, while emotion recognition in education has been banned outright since February 2025. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Is emotion recognition technology banned in education under the EU AI Act? Yes, emotion recognition in education has been prohibited outright under the EU AI Act since February 2025. This is one of the practices the Act singles out for the strictest treatment, short of a full ban on the broader category of AI monitoring tools used in schools. _Developers building edtech tools can follow EU AI Act compliance updates like this on daily.dev._ ### When do EU AI Act high-risk obligations for exam monitoring software take effect? High-risk obligations for systems that monitor or detect prohibited student behavior during tests, classified under Annex III of the EU AI Act, were originally due in 2026 but have been pushed back to December 2, 2027 by the Digital Omnibus. This gives institutions and software suppliers roughly sixteen additional months to comply. _Teams shipping AI proctoring tools track regulatory deadlines like this one on daily.dev._ ### What did the MIT report find about AI completing undergraduate coursework? MIT's ad hoc AI committee reported that AI can produce credible responses to almost any undergraduate assignment, spanning essays, math and science problems, proofs, and coding tasks. The report also noted cultural shifts within three years, including reduced office-hour attendance, less online discussion participation, and fewer informal study groups. _Educators and technologists weighing AI's classroom impact follow findings like this on daily.dev._ --- Tags: [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#ai-governance](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-governance) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/mit-report-says-ai-can-complete-almost-any-undergraduate-assignment-it-sets-hrrnas6us) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"MIT report says AI can complete almost any undergraduate assignment it sets","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/mit-report-says-ai-can-complete-almost-any-undergraduate-assignment-it-sets-hrrnas6us","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/mit-report-says-ai-can-complete-almost-any-undergraduate-assignment-it-sets-hrrnas6us"},"datePublished":"2026-08-30T21:44:00.348Z","dateModified":"2026-09-02T13:42:35.403Z","description":"An MIT committee report finds that AI can now produce credible responses to nearly any undergraduate assignment, including essays, math and science problems,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/20abea39f8389eec5969d8b62b8070ea?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/20abea39f8389eec5969d8b62b8070ea?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Next Web","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Next Web","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tnw","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/mit-report-says-ai-can-complete-almost-any-undergraduate-assignment-it-sets-hrrnas6us","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"llm,ai-governance","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Next Web","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"MIT report says AI can complete almost any undergraduate assignment it sets"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/mit-report-says-ai-can-complete-almost-any-undergraduate-assignment-it-sets-hrrnas6us#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Is emotion recognition technology banned in education under the EU AI Act?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes, emotion recognition in education has been prohibited outright under the EU AI Act since February 2025. 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