The Danish government has announced stricter measures to combat AI-assisted cheating in upper secondary schools, requiring students to give an oral defence of essays written at home and mandating that schools monitor computer use during written exams. Education minister Magnus Heunicke said urgent action was needed, describing AI cheating as a growing problem undermining students' ability to think for themselves, and the changes take effect immediately as pupils return from the summer break.

Around 9,000 students who write the major "større skriftlige opgave" assignment each year will now have to defend it orally, while schools must install monitoring tools and firewalls to control computer use during exams. Schools are also being encouraged to have pupils complete more written work under supervised conditions rather than at home. The move follows a similar reckoning in Sweden, where suspensions and warnings for unauthorised AI use reportedly rose by 688% between 2023 and 2025, prompting a government review due to report in April.