Giving University Exams in the Age of Chatbots

How I managed to give an exam while giving the students the choice to use a chatbot or not.

And what I learned in the process.

https://ploum.net/2026-01-19-exam-with-chatbots.html

Do you like charts? Oh yes you do. I've just published hundreds of them, as I do every year. www.nathanielbullard.com/presentations

The analysis is on point 🎯 and the framing is a chef 💋.

"Trump assumed that Canada had no choice but to fold. He believed that trade dependence was a leash he could yank whenever he wanted a concession.
He was wrong." #cdnpoli www.newsletter.samuel-warde.com/p/canada-fli...

1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...

TOMORROW | #India’s wind and solar generation DOUBLED in five years, making 🇮🇳 the world’s THIRD-LARGEST generator of wind and solar power 🥉

Synchronising renewables growth with EV charging offers a readily available opportunity for India’s decarbonisation journey 🚙☀️🌪️⚡️

There are 10 countries in the world that have had 50% or more of a months total electricity generation from only solar and wind.

All 10 countries are in the EU

Must read from @markhertling.bsky.social on our soldiers in Lithuania.

www.thebulwark.com/p/when-ameri...

Since war plans leaked this week, global downloads for Signal have roughly doubled. Downloads in Yemen increased by five times to more than 1,000 per day.

Read more in Semafor Tech:
www.semafor.com/article/03/2...