California signed a law in which the state bar should need to disclose when AI wrote the exam questions

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California Governor Newsom signed AB 1651, requiring the state bar to disclose when AI was used in developing or administering bar exams from 2028, after an incident where AI-generated questions were not disclosed to test-takers.

Well, back in feb 2025, the california bar exam turned into some problem as the state bar's own psychometrician, a company called ACS Ventures, used AI to help draft 23 of the 171 scored multiple choice questions, and nobody told test takers beforehand. It came out afterward and law school faculty were not happy as nearly 90% of test takers ended up being offered a retake because of how badly the whole exam was handled Fast forward to now the gov newsom signed AB 1651 on august 22, authored by assembly member Diane dixon, starting jan 1 2028, the state bar has to disclose on its website whenever AI generated content was used to develop or administer the bar exam, and it has to go on the cover page of any study materials too. This applies even if a human reviewed or edited the AI output afterward. It doesn't matter if someone touched it later; if AI was in the pipeline anywhere, it gets disclosed Here: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1651
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