The Australian Technology Education Gaming Challenge will be cancelled.
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ACER, the organizer of the Australian STEM video game competition, will stop hosting the event in 2026 due to the widespread use of generative AI making it difficult for judges to determine if entries were completed by students themselves. The competition, launched in 2014, allows students in grades 3-12 to develop video games independently or in teams, with evaluations conducted by teachers and industry experts. The official rules allow students to use AI to write a small amount of code or fix errors, but require them to record AI usage and submit game videos and source code. ACER says generative AI has significantly increased the difficulty of evaluating submissions. The competition does not completely ban the use of generative AI. According to the official rules announced, students can use AI to write a small amount of code or fix code errors.
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The organizer of the Australian STEM Video Game Challenge, ACER, will cease the event in 2026 due to the widespread use of generative AI making it difficult for judges to determine if the entries were completed by students themselves. The competition was established in 2014, allowing students in grades 3-12 to develop video games independently or in teams, with evaluations conducted by teachers and industry experts. The official rules permit students to use AI to write a small amount of code or fix errors, but require them to document AI usage and submit game videos and source code.
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