A small retraction notice opens onto a large structural shift. AI did not start the rot in academic publishing. AI is the catalyst that is finishing it.
https://theslowai.substack.com/p/academia-is-enshittifying-ai-made-it-faster…
10 Free Google AI Tools You’re Probably Not Using Yet (But Should Be)
Google offers several free, browser-based AI tools beyond Gemini that provide practical, accessible ways to explore generative AI for work, learning, creativity, and everyday tasks.
https://aitoolsclub.com/10-free-google-ai-tools-youre-probably-not-using-yet-but-should-be…
Students Are Digital Natives. Let Them Lead the AI Revolution in Education
The article argues that AI literacy should become central to education reform and that students should help shape responsible AI policies for schools.
3,500-Year-Old Hittite Handwriting Deciphered by New AI System
Researchers have developed Palaeographicum, an AI tool that analyzes handwriting patterns in Hittite cuneiform tablets, helping scholars match broken fragments, date undated texts, and potentially identify individual scribes much faster than before.
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/19/ai-decipher-hittite-handwriting…
To teach in the time of ChatGPT is to know pain
Generative AI is undermining meaningful learning by making it too easy for students to bypass effort, leaving instructors exhausted and pedagogically constrained.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/04/to-teach-in-the-time-of-chatgpt-is-to-know-pain…
I tried the ‘expert educator’ prompt on ChatGPT that’s gone viral — and it’s incredible
The article tests viral “expert prompt” frameworks to see which genuinely improve AI responses and which mainly create overconfident hallucinations.
College students are noticing their AI-smoothed writing sounds strong—and not like them
Students are using generative AI widely for schoolwork, but beyond cheating concerns, it is raising deeper questions about authorship, academic identity, legitimacy, and whether AI-assisted work still feels truly their own.
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-college-students-aismoothed-strong.html…
Google’s Gemini Spark is the first AI agent built for people who don’t know what an AI agent is
Google has thrown down the gauntlet as the first major player to change that by announcing Gemini Spark at Google I/O 2026. It’s a 24/7 personal AI agent that prioritizes out-of-the-box user-friendliness, seamless app integrations, and entirely cloud-based processing. Gemini …
“Ask YouTube” brings AI-powered conversational search to video, adds Gemini Omni to Shorts
YouTube is adding AI-powered search with “Ask YouTube,” allowing users to ask complex and follow-up questions and receive generated responses based on both Shorts and long-form videos.
Claude Design built me the best slides I’ve ever had and then locked me out for a week
Claude Design may be emerging as a powerful AI presentation tool, able to generate cohesive, well-designed slide decks more effectively than tools like Gemini in Google Slides.
https://www.makeuseof.com/claude-design-built-best-slideshow/…