Company linked to failed UNAM exam wins 50 million pesos in contracts for judicial evaluations
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- Territorium Life, a company previously involved in a failed UNAM entrance exam, has secured three contracts worth 50.5 million pesos to manage judicial career exams for Mexico's Federal Judicial Council (CJF).
- The company uses AI-powered software to monitor remote exams, claiming it "inhibits" dishonest acts.
- This follows reports of Territorium Life receiving over 218 million pesos from various public institutions, including the INE and SEP, despite alleged system failures in other platforms it manages.
Territorium Life, the company responsible for a flawed university entrance exam, has been awarded control over online evaluations for Mexico's Federal Judicial Council (CJF). The company secured three contracts totaling 50.5 million pesos for the 2024-2025 period to oversee remote judicial career exams.
The CJF contracted Territorium Life to supervise between 28,000 and 70,000 remote evaluations for the Federal Judicial Training School (EFFJ). The company asserts its artificial intelligence software is "state-of-the-art" and designed not only for efficiency but also for security and confidentiality, claiming it "inhibits" dishonest behavior during exams.
The software with artificial intelligence that it uses 'inhibited' dishonest acts.
This latest contract comes amid scrutiny of Territorium Life's public sector dealings. Earlier reports revealed the company has amassed approximately 218 million pesos from numerous federal institutions, including the National Electoral Institute (INE) and state universities. Additionally, it manages the Saberes MX platform for the Secretariat of Public Education (SEP), which has faced criticism for allowing users to obtain certificates without completing courses.
The CJF justified awarding the contract by stating that the AI analysis of remote exams provides additional data for decision-making and discourages cheating. The system monitors participants via camera and microphone and restricts access to other computer programs or browsers during testing. However, the company's track record, including the widely criticized UNAM exam, raises questions about the reliability and effectiveness of its technological solutions for sensitive evaluations.
The service for the supervision of remote evaluations allows the EFFJ to monitor, through the camera and microphone of the participants, the physical space in which each of them takes their exams. The tool also allows restricting access on the participant's computer to other programs or browsers.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.
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