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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 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 …
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 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/…
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…
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…
Generative artificial intelligence has unsettled higher education, raising fears that students will lose the ability to think. Drawing on classroom experience and student feedback, we argue that grounded inquiry sharpens judgement in Earth science teaching by limiting AI to set …
A new library-based initiative at the University of Virginia embeds hands-on AI learning and workforce skills across disciplines.
Teach in the Microsoft 365 Copilot App gives educators with a Microsoft 365 Education license free access to AI tools for creating and adapting lesson plans, quizzes, rubrics, and other teaching materials.
Microsoft updated its Education AI Toolkit to help schools move from AI pilots to scalable, practical implementation across teaching, learning, and multilingual support.
New guidelines for the 64-campus system expand artificial intelligence in teaching and student support while adding guardrails for data privacy and high-risk uses.
If we continue to prioritise memorisation in an age of wall-to-wall information, we send the wrong message to our students and employers. Michelle Seref offers advice on assessment that builds critical thinking skills.
This article explores how the next generation of students may arrive in higher education expecting constant connectivity, hybrid learning, and more seamless digital experiences.
A Nature career column shares lessons from experimenting with ChatGPT to support the grading of undergraduate coding assignments.
A practical framework for deciding when AI genuinely supports learning and when it risks replacing productive struggle, critical thinking, and human interaction.
https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-with-technology-articles/should-we-integrate-ai-into-our-teaching-evidence-based-guidelines-for-deciding-when-ai-belongs/ …