Bavaria prohibits universities from imposing blanket bans on AI in exams (faz.net)

• Bavarian cabinet outlaws blanket bans on AI in academic exams.
• Minister Blume calls AI competence a new cultural skill; rule covers only unsupervised work.
• Commentators dismiss the policy as symbolic: no blanket ban was demanded and AI detection is not legally sound.

"The Bavarian state cabinet has passed a resolution forbidding universities from implementing a general ban on AI use in exam regulations. Science Minister Markus Blume justified the move by stating that AI will not disappear from higher education and that AI competence constitutes a new cultural skill alongside reading, writing, and arithmetic. The ban applies only to unsupervised exams such as seminar papers, bachelor's and master's theses, and includes a labeling requirement for AI use. Commentators criticize the measure as largely symbolic, noting that no one had demanded a blanket AI ban and that detection software lacks legal reliability. Universities are now expected to develop AI-resistant exam formats."