NYU professor turned to AI oral exams after student work began resembling McKinsey memos

Date:

January 5, 2026

The assignments looked brilliant. The understanding didn’t.

That’s when an NYU business school professor decided to fight AI-assisted coursework with AI-powered oral exams.

Panos Ipeirotis, a professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business who teaches data science, wrote in a blog post that he became concerned about student assignments that read like “a McKinsey memo” but lacked genuine understanding.

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NYU professor turned to AI oral exams after student work began resembling McKinsey memos

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