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A third of an intro CS class fails amid a cheating wave

development2026-06-04

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Failing grades soared at UC Berkeley, reaching 35% in its introductory computing course, amid an AI-cheating wave, while Meta scaled back keylogging of its own staff used to train its AI.

Reported metric: 35% F rate

Reporting date: 2026-06-04 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to June 4, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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A third of an intro CS class fails amid a cheating wave
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Reporting date: 2026-06-04
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-06-04-a-third-of-a-cs-class-fails
Claim: Failing grades soared at UC Berkeley, reaching 35% in its introductory computing course, amid an AI-cheating wave, while Meta scaled back keylogging of its own staff used to train its AI.
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- Welcome to June 4, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-june-4-2026
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