韩国今年税务师国家考试的首名考生成绩好得令人难以置信。周日，质疑者被证实是对的，该考生承认利用生成式人工智能作弊。
The marks attained by the top scorer on South Korea's national exam for aspiring tax accountants this year seemed too good to be true. On Sunday, sceptics were proven right when he confessed to using generative AI to cheat.
此前，他在4月和7月两场考试中，数百道题目仅错一题，得分接近满分，引发了数月的猜测。这起丑闻也让将于本周四举行的韩国年度大学入学考试的组织方面临更大压力。
The scandal follows months of speculation after he scored near-perfect marks on hundreds of questions over two exams taken in April and July. It has also raised the stakes for organisers of South Korea's annual college entrance exam this Thursday.
“我利用电子设备和生成式人工智能作弊。我以首名成绩通过考试并非公平努力的结果，”该考生在YouTube频道“李敦浩律师”上道歉时自报姓韩。
"I cheated using electronic devices and generative AI. My passing the exam with the top score was not the result of fair effort," the candidate said, identifying himself by the surname Han, as he apologised on the YouTube channel Attorney Lee Don-ho.
韩某在4月和7月举行的资格考试两轮中均排名第一，他通过律师承认，考试期间利用AI获取答案。他说，他用微型摄像头拍摄试题，发送给AI工具，再在智能手机上核对答案。
Han, who ranked first in both rounds of the qualification exam held in April and July, confessed through his lawyer that he used AI to obtain answers during the tests. He said he had cheated by taking photos of the exam questions with a microcamera, sending them to an AI tool and checking the answers on a smartphone.
他在第一轮考试中获得400分中的397.5分，160道题仅错一题，这一成绩引发了他利用智能眼镜作弊的指控，他最初予以否认。韩某戴着口罩出镜表示，已向首尔警方提交书面认罪书。
His score of 397.5 out of 400 points in the first round, with only one wrong answer out of 160 questions, had sparked accusations that he cheated using smart glasses, which he initially denied. Speaking on camera wearing a face mask, Han said he had submitted a written confession to Seoul police.
首尔广域市警察厅表示：“今天上午通过考生律师收到了关于税务师考试作弊的书面认罪书，”并补充说案件已移交调查人员处理。
The Seoul metropolitan police agency said: "We received a written confession through the test taker's lawyer this morning regarding cheating on the tax accountant exam," adding that the case had been assigned to investigators.
这起丑闻震动了这个标准化考试在很大程度上决定社会流动和职业轨迹的国家。距离周四一年一度的全国大学入学考试仅剩几天，许多韩国学生为此准备了大半辈子，这是一场高压考试。
The scandal has rattled a country where standardised tests largely dictate social mobility and career trajectories. It comes just days before Thursday's annual national college entrance exam, a high-pressure event for which many South Korean students will have spent much of their lives preparing.
“总统府非常严肃地看待此事，而且由于下周就要举行高考，我们一直在努力准备应对措施，”一名总统府高级官员周日对记者表示。
"The presidential office views the matter very seriously, and because the college entrance exam is next week, we have been working hard to prepare countermeasures," a senior presidential office official told reporters on Sunday.
这名官员表示，有关注册会计师考试中可能存在作弊行为的报道令人担忧，并补充说，总统府政策室主任将于下午晚些时候召开紧急会议以处理该问题。
The official said that reports of potential cheating in the certified public accountant exam were concerning, adding that the presidential chief of staff for policy would convene an emergency meeting later in the afternoon to address the issue.
国务总理韩星淑周五承认了公众对人工智能辅助作弊的担忧。她的办公室发表的一份声明称，政府将“提前做好充分准备，并从头到尾密切监督整个过程，以确保高考公平、平稳地进行”。路透社和法新社对本文亦有贡献
The prime minister, Han Seong-sook, acknowledged on Friday public concerns over AI-assisted cheating. The government would "prepare thoroughly in advance and closely oversee the process until the very end to ensure the college entrance exam is conducted fairly and stably", a statement from her office said. Reuters and Agence France-Presse contributed to this article