AI can be taking the escalator when you need to use the stairs

August 10, 2026 — 5:00am

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NSW is poised to become the first state to attempt to protect its high school credential from the threat of Artificial Intelligence by trialing a moratorium on take-home assessment tasks for year 12 Higher School Certificate students.

In a world where reading is declining and the nexus between literacy and the rise of democracy is increasingly attacked by AI-generated text and opinion disguised as fact, the NSW Education Standards Authority has for the first time identified an alarming and steep rise in HSC cheating fuelled by AI in timed exams, take-home tasks and practical assessments.

The Herald’s Christopher Harris reports the Education Minister Prue Car has written to the NESA seeking the moratorium on take-home assessment tasks from next term when current year 11 students begin........

© The Sydney Morning Herald