As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities – and society at large.
OpenAI’s Education Pitch Has a Free Version Problem
An article on an OpenAI Education summit highlights criticism that there was no clear roadmap for moving students from free ChatGPT to paid educational versions, though future advanced features may naturally drive adoption.
https://marcwatkins.substack.com/p/openais-education-pitch-has-a-free…
Top 10 AI Tools for Teachers in 2026 to Enhance Classroom Productivity
Top 10 AI Tools Teachers Can Use in 2026 to Improve Lesson Planning, Grading, and Student Engagement.
Who Owns AI-Generated Content?
GenAI is reshaping education by creating legal uncertainty and trust issues around copyright, yet emerging trends suggest AI-generated content may enable more open, accessible educational resources.
What 2,800 AI Conversations Taught Me About My Users
What I learned running topic modeling on 2,800+ user messages, and how you can do it too.
https://aiweekender.substack.com/p/how-to-turn-ai-conversation-logs…
13 Powerful Studies That Tell the Story of AI
As AI use rises, the distinction between shortcut or scaffold becomes increasingly harder to spot.
https://www.edutopia.org/article/13-powerful-studies-that-tell-the-story-of-ai…
Google NotebookLM can now turn your notes into AI videos — visual learners will love this
NotebookLM now adds Cinematic Video Overviews, a feature that converts uploaded documents into animated video explainers with dynamic visuals to make research easier to understand.
You’re overpaying for a password manager: this free one does everything you need
Bitwarden offers most essential password-manager features for free, making it a strong alternative to the more polished but paid 1Password.
https://www.makeuseof.com/bitwarden-vs-paid-password-managers…
AI Literacy Frameworks
This tool, which the website source reveals was created by Perplexity computer, compares 20 AI literacy frameworks across 9 domains. The domains are: technical understanding, practical application, critical evaluation, ethical reasoning, societal and systemic awareness, human agency and identity, governance …
Academics Need to Wake Up on AI
A researcher argues that recent advances in AI are poised to radically transform academic research, publishing, and the structure of academia itself.
https://alexanderkustov.substack.com/p/academics-need-to-wake-up-on-ai…
College students, professors are making their own AI rules. They don’t always agree
As generative AI becomes widespread in education, professors and students are divided between seeing it as a shortcut that undermines critical thinking and embracing it as a powerful tool that, if used responsibly, can enhance learning.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/03/nx-s1-5716176/ai-college-students-professors…
6 free AI tools that do the same thing as ChatGPT Pro
As free AI tools have rapidly improved, the author shifted from paying for ChatGPT Pro to using a combination of specialized free tools that collectively meet their daily productivity needs.
https://www.xda-developers.com/6-free-ai-tools-that-do-the-same-thing-as-chatgpt-pro…
Harvard Professor Says AI Users Are Losing Cognitive Abilities
Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb warns that excessive reliance on AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini may erode human cognitive abilities and critical thinking over time.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/harvard-avi-loeb-ai…
AI Agents Are Recruiting Humans To Observe The Offline World
Agents need us, as sensors, as verifiers, as bearers of liability, in ways we have barely begun to account for.
Towards the Permissive and Transparent use of Generative AI in Education
Since 2022, generative AI has made it easy for students to produce essays, presentations, and even videos, forcing educators to rethink traditional assessment strategies.