>We want to emphasize that all the student authors in this paper worked really hard on what could have been a very interesting and valuable paper had the data been collected with consent. The many problems with the published work were not the fault of the students.

I appreciate the clear stance that MIT has taken regarding where the responsibility lies in this situation. I think some people are missing the context that many of the authors were undergraduate/early career. Research is an iterative process and every paper has to start somewhere. I don't agree that the paper should be withdrawn because Arxiv is not technically a publication, but I also wouldn't consider the paper properly peer reviewed. Teachers own the copyright the exam material. I was taught copyrighted material can't and shouldn't be used as part of an eval dataset.

The followup by three other MIT ('24) seniors is a great peer review.

https://flower-nutria-41d.notion.site/No-GPT4-can-t-ace-MIT-...

No, GPT4 Can’t Ace MIT - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36370685 - June 2023 (120 comments)