Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro to tighten online exam security with AI detection

Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro online exam security AI cheating Silvia Amaya Llano candados

The Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro (UAQ) will review and strengthen security measures for virtual admission exams after a recent scandal at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) involving suspected AI‑assisted cheating. Rector Silvia Amaya Llano said the university will implement stricter “candados” – technical locks that monitor eye movement, screen changes and the opening of additional tabs – to ensure candidates are evaluated on their own knowledge. Specialized platforms will be used to detect unusual behavior and block external resources.

UAQ’s experience with a problematic online medical faculty exam, which required a shift to in‑person testing after the platform suspended several sessions, will inform the new protocols. Each faculty will decide whether to keep virtual formats, but all will be required to adopt the enhanced safeguards for the upcoming admission cycle.

Entities: AI detection platforms · Camila Ugalde Reséndiz · Elisa Estrada Ortega · Irán Cristela Nájera de la Rosa · Silvia Amaya Llano · Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro · Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México · online admission exams

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[○ 1 SOURCE] Camila Ugalde Reséndiz won the gold medal at the competition. (b0329a56-7d2a-45da-96b2-6b94260fcc5c)
[○ 1 SOURCE] Rector Silvia Amaya Llano said virtual admission exams need stronger security measures (candados) to ensure merit‑based entry. (240e43bb-88a9-4c29-a233-9f79e8c5a3e2)
[○ 1 SOURCE] UAQ will renew its University Council with new student and academic representatives starting in August. (bc7c34c6-99d3-4a6e-856b-0f4daa04964f)
[○ 1 SOURCE] The University Council includes representatives of the rector, academic secretariat, faculties, the state government, the student federation and staff unions. (bc7c34c6-99d3-4a6e-856b-0f4daa04964f)
[○ 1 SOURCE] Irán Cristela Nájera de la Rosa won the bronze medal at the competition. (b0329a56-7d2a-45da-96b2-6b94260fcc5c)
[○ 1 SOURCE] UAQ had to repeat a virtual medicine admission exam after platform restrictions excluded some applicants. (240e43bb-88a9-4c29-a233-9f79e8c5a3e2)
[○ 1 SOURCE] UAQ students won gold, silver and bronze medals at the 5th National Women's Mexican Mathematics Olympiad. (b0329a56-7d2a-45da-96b2-6b94260fcc5c)
[○ 1 SOURCE] Elisa Estrada Ortega won the silver medal at the competition. (b0329a56-7d2a-45da-96b2-6b94260fcc5c)