Education'AI glasses' alarm before Korea's college entrance exam: Sohn Suk-hee radio clip at 71,000 views, KBS report says students avoid horn-rimmed frames

Tighter crackdowns on smart-glasses cheating before Korea's college entrance exam are driving a shift in eyewear, and the topic is trending in YouTube news. MBC Radio's "Sohn Suk-hee's 12 O'Clock" posted a segment Oct. 28 that has 71,000 views and 339 likes, with futurist Choi Hyung-wook explaining what the glasses can and cannot do.

KBS reported that horn-rimmed frames resemble smart glasses, so more test takers are switching frames or to contact lenses; an optician in Seoul said inquiries rose in the last one to two weeks. The government will void the exam of anyone merely wearing smart glasses and bar them from next year's test.

For proctors it is a burden: in a teachers' union survey, more than 8 of 10 teachers said they can hardly tell whether a student is wearing smart glasses, and the guidance is to spot them by eye. Comments on both videos were sparse.