CS240 AI Cheating Retrospective

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Toward the end of the Spring 2026 semester, I found myself at the center of a storm involving use of “AI” in CS 240: Programming in C. My approach to addressing the issue should have been better and is primarily why the individuals that ran afoul of the clearly stated course policy ultimately incurred little to no consequence.

I am writing this post largely due to the number of students that continue to approach me and mention how much misinformation and inaccuracy surrounds the, apparently, ongoing discussions regarding the incident.

I am writing this post largely to clearly document the circumstances surrounding, and resolution to, the CS 240 ordeal last semester. What follows is a detailed account of the entire ordeal.

To begin, I wish to be abundantly clear: the Spring 2026 offering of CS 240 had a clearly articulated prohibition with regard to using AI/LLMs to solve any assignments in the course. You can find it in the syllabus here. Specifically:

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