{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-23T07:27:12.581Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"korea","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"2026","response":"regulatory","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":1,"minors":0,"coreRelations":0,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":1,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":1},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2026-seoul-police-refer-test-taker-who-wore-ai-smart-glasses-in-national-qualification-exam","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'서울 송파경찰서는 한국산업인력공단이 시행한 정보처리기사 시험에서 AI 안경을 이용해 부정행위를 한 20대 남성 A씨를 형법상 업무방해·국가기술자격법 위반 혐의로 최근 서울 동부지방공소청에 불구속 송치했다.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'서울 송파경찰서는 업무방해·국가기술자격법 위반 혐의로 20대 남성 A씨를 불구속 송치했다고 22일 밝혔다.'; 'A씨는 지난 5월 22일 한국산업인력공단이 주관한 정보처리기사 시험에서 AI 스마트안경을 이용해 부정행위를 하는 방식으로 시험 감독관의 업무를 방해한 혐의를 받는다.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'22일 경찰에 따르면 서울 송파경찰서는 업무방해 및 국가기술자격법 위반 혐의를 받는 20대 남성 A씨를 지난주 서울동부지방공소청에 불구속 송치했다.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"According to police, Songpa police in Seoul referred a man in his 20s without detention to the Seoul Eastern District prosecution office on suspicion of obstruction of business under the Criminal Act and breaching the National Technical Qualifications Act over cheating with AI smart glasses in the Information Processing Engineer exam administered by the Human Resources Development Service of Korea on 22 May 2026.","causal_attribution":"The police account, relayed by three outlets from one police origin; the referral is the police action; reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A씨는 지난 5월 22일 AI 안경과 연동된 스마트폰 애플리케이션에 '문제를 풀어달라'는 명령어를 미리 입력한 다음 시험에 응시한 것으로 확인됐다.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'A씨는 스마트안경과 연동된 휴대폰 애플리케이션에 '문제를 풀어달라'는 명령어를 미리 입력해 둔 것으로 조사됐다.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'조사 결과 A씨는 스마트안경과 연동된 휴대전화 애플리케이션에 '문제를 풀어달라'는 명령어를 미리 입력해 둔 것으로 파악됐다.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"According to police, before sitting the exam he had entered in the smartphone application linked to the AI glasses a command asking it to solve the problems.","causal_attribution":"The police investigation finding relayed from one origin; whether the application produced answers is not reported; reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'당시 시험 감독관은 시험 중 A씨의 안경테에서 카메라 렌즈와 표시등을 발견해 부정행위를 적발했다.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'당시 감독관이 A씨의 안경테에 달린 카메라 렌즈와 표시등을 발견하고 현장에서 적발한 것으로 조사됐다.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the reports, an invigilator noticed a camera lens and an indicator light on the frame of his glasses during the exam and caught him.","causal_attribution":"The police account of the detection, one origin; reported."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A씨가 다른 사람과 부정행위를 공모하거나 스마트 안경으로 문제를 촬영해 유출한 정황은 없는 것으로 조사됐다.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'경찰이 A씨의 휴대전화를 포렌식한 결과 다른 사람과 부정행위를 공모하거나 시험 문제를 촬영해 외부로 유출한 정황은 확인되지 않았다.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"According to police, a forensic examination of his phone found no sign that he had conspired with anyone or photographed and leaked the exam questions.","causal_attribution":"The police investigation finding, one origin; reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"referred to prosecutors on suspicion of obstruction of business and a qualifications-law breach for cheating with AI smart glasses (police account)","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20261022174500004","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ko","translation_note":"Read in Korean on 2026-10-23 from the publisher page (HTTP 200); translated by the research agent (an AI); no human translator reviewed it. Yonhap report sent 22 October 2026 17:46 KST, citing Yonhap's own reporting of the police case ('22일 연합뉴스 취재를 종합하면').","independence_group":"songpa-police-account-2026-10-22"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.hankookilbo.com/news/article/A2026102217110004674","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ko","translation_note":"Read in Korean on 2026-10-23 from the publisher page (HTTP 200); translated by the research agent (an AI); no human translator reviewed it. Hankook Ilbo report published 22 October 2026 17:41 KST, citing the Songpa police statement of that day ('22일 밝혔다'). Same police origin as s1.","independence_group":"songpa-police-account-2026-10-22"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.newsis.com/view/NISX20261022_0003837561","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ko","translation_note":"Read in Korean on 2026-10-23 from the publisher page (HTTP 200); translated by the research agent (an AI); no human translator reviewed it. Newsis report of 22 October 2026, citing police ('22일 경찰에 따르면'). Same police origin as s1.","independence_group":"songpa-police-account-2026-10-22"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["education","justice"],"unknowns":["Which smart glasses and AI application he used.","Whether the application produced any answers during the exam.","Whether his exam result was voided or a qualification ban imposed.","What prosecutors decide."],"geography":{"basis":"The exam was a South Korean national technical qualification administered by the Human Resources Development Service of Korea, and the case was investigated by Songpa police in Seoul. The reports do not state where the exam was held or where the man lives, so only the event country is recorded.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["KR"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a response to prohibited AI use: police say a test-taker set an AI application linked to his smart glasses to solve national exam problems, and they referred him to prosecutors after an invigilator caught him. The account rests on one police origin, and no AI output is described. He is not identified.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-23"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Police say the test-taker entered in advance a command asking the smartphone application linked to his AI smart glasses to solve the problems, wore the glasses into the exam, and was referred to prosecutors for cheating with them. The referral is the authorities' response to that AI use. No answer or other output of the AI application is described, so no relation describing the AI system's own output toward him is recorded. The glasses and the application are not named.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["unknown"]},"name":"Seoul police refer test-taker who wore AI smart glasses with a pre-entered command to solve problems in a national qualification exam","summary":"Seoul Songpa police referred a man in his 20s to prosecutors without detention on suspicion of obstruction of business and breaching the National Technical Qualifications Act, police said on 22 October 2026. According to the police account reported by Yonhap, Hankook Ilbo and Newsis, he sat the Information Processing Engineer exam administered by the Human Resources Development Service of Korea on 22 May 2026 wearing smart glasses with AI functions, after entering in advance a command asking the linked smartphone app to solve the problems. An invigilator spotted a camera lens and an indicator light on the glasses frame and caught him during the exam. Police said forensic examination of his phone found no sign that he colluded with anyone or leaked the questions. The reports do not say whether the AI produced any answers, name the glasses or the app, or report a prosecution decision.","incidentDate":"2026-05-22","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-10-22","aiSystem":"Smart glasses with AI functions linked to a smartphone application into which, according to police, the test-taker had entered a command asking it to solve the problems. Neither the glasses nor the app is named in the reports","aiProduct":"Unidentified AI smart glasses","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["legal_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to police, a test-taker who wore AI smart glasses set to solve the problems in a national qualification exam was referred to prosecutors on suspicion of obstruction of business and a qualifications-law breach.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One test-taker referred to prosecutors, according to the police account relayed by Yonhap, Hankook Ilbo and Newsis. He set up the AI application himself, so he is counted among participant users.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"KR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20261022174500004","primarySourceLabel":"Yonhap News, 22 October 2026: man in his 20s who sat a national qualification exam wearing AI glasses referred to prosecutors (Korean)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-23T03:06:17.134043+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-23T03:06:17.134043+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["exam-cheating","smart-glasses","national-qualification-exam","police-referral","consequential-response","korea"]}]}