The Rise of AI-Powered Academic Fraud: Beyond Traditional Plagiarism

**Executive Summary:** The report explains how AI tools have shifted academic misconduct from obvious copying to hidden authorship—producing fluent, seemingly original essays, fake references, and solved code that obscure students' true understanding—and argues for clearer AI-use rules, process-based assessment (drafts, oral defenses, source logs), teacher training, and student education to preserve academic integrity.