
AI in the Classroom: Professors Divided on New Tech
Three years after ChatGPT's debut, universities are grappling with AI's role in education, leading to a deep divide among professors on how to adapt.
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Three years after ChatGPT's debut, universities are grappling with AI's role in education, leading to a deep divide among professors on how to adapt.

In response to generative AI, humanities professors are reviving traditional teaching methods, using pen-and-paper exams and device-free classrooms to foster critical thinking.

University students and Provost Alec Gallimore discussed AI's role in education and shared governance. Students use AI for motivation and pressure, while faculty raised concerns over decision-making.

Academic publishing faces a severe integrity crisis, with journals losing credibility, peer review systems failing, and research fraud becoming a business model.

Dozens of University of Illinois students used AI to write identical apology emails after a cheating scandal, prompting their professors to create a public lesson.

Students at an Australian university were wrongly accused of AI cheating based on a flawed detection tool, leading to months-long investigations and career setbacks.

Academic publishing is facing a crisis of integrity, as AI-generated fake references and industrial-scale fraud from paper mills threaten the reliability of scientific research.

Harvard University is at the center of a debate on artificial intelligence, as students and faculty weigh the value of deep learning against the efficiency of AI tools.

A University of Southern California study reveals students are using generative AI for quick answers rather than for learning, especially those lacking confidence.