India, Oct. 26 -- A University of California, Berkeley professor has stopped grading students' homework for correctness after noticing that artificial intelligence (AI) tools were helping them secure high marks.

Richard Borcherds, a renowned mathematician who won the prestigious Fields Medal in 1998, said the widespread use of AI for homework has undermined the value of traditional grading. He now awards credit primarily based on whether students complete their assignments rather than whether their answers are correct.

"Student use of AI for homework is now widespread," Borcherds said, as per a report by the New York Post. "Grading for correctness just adds a huge incentive for them to use AI for homework instead of doing it themselves,...