Sep 4, 2026 – 8.00pmThe last place Daniel Cash expected to see ChatGPT was during a handwritten law exam. The third-year arts and law student was used to the cast of familiar interfaces staring back at him from his peers’ computer screens during lectures, but this was different.There was no technology permitted in the exam room; students were only allowed to bring in hard copy notes. On his neighbour’s desks were printed screenshots of ChatGPT conversations. “I remember thinking, ‘wow, nothing is safe’,” the 20-year-old says. “I thought that was kind of surreal.”Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Maani TruuEducation correspondentMaani Truu is The Australian Financial Review’s education correspondent, covering schools and higher education from Parliament House in Canberra. She was previously a federal political reporter at the ABC. Send encrypted tips to @maanitruu.72 on Signal.Fetching latest articles