The "Godmother of AI" says the biggest AI risk in schools isn't cheating – it's students losing the desire to learn
Fei-Fei Li warns overreliance on AI could erode students' motivation, agency, and ability to think for themselves
Professor's invisible prompt trap catches 32 students cheating on their midterm with AI
The students submitted essays containing phrases such as "Madagascar purple bicycle whispers to the ceiling"
Facepalm: Modern problems require modern solutions – according to the meme. In this case, the issue is students using AI to cheat on assignments. The solution, used to great effect by one professor, was to hide a white-colored font in the assignment prompt telling the AI to talk nonsense about an unrelated subject.
Steve Wozniak told graduates they have "actual intelligence," and they loved it
Woz mentioned AI in graduation speech and gets cheers instead of boos
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt's AI-heavy graduation speech goes badly as graduates drown him out with boos
Schmidt's attempt to sell students on AI followed another boo-filled commencement speech days earlier
UCF graduates boo commencement speaker for calling AI "the next industrial revolution"
The speaker tried to steady the room by comparing AI to the early internet, but the boos returned
YouTube has quietly become the backbone of US classrooms
The big picture: American classrooms now run on YouTube. In many districts, it sits at the center of the entire tech stack: Chromebooks or iPads in every backpack, Google accounts for every student, and videos queued for everything from math lessons to indoor recess. Teachers use it to read to a class, teach first graders to draw, or fill the last few minutes before dismissal. But the platform was never designed to be the primary gatekeeper of what children watch during the school day.
Students in China are renting smart glasses to cheat on exams
The newest academic shortcut involves using real-time AI answers during exams
Students are learning to write for AI detectors, not for humans
AI checkers wanted less cheating, but they got blander writing instead
The MacBook Neo is a $500 Wake-Up Call for the Entire PC Industry
Apple's $599 MacBook Neo isn't for you. But it might be the most important laptop announcement in years - and the budget Windows market should be paying close attention.
After $30 billion in school tech, the laptop classroom experiment may have backfired
Schools went all-in on laptops – now test scores are telling a different story
Computer science went from a sure bet to an industry in turmoil almost overnight
Even seniors from top schools are seeing fewer offers, reshaping prospects for students
Over half of UK school hacks are carried out by their own students
Watchdog warns students are the biggest insider threat to education systems
ChatGPT's new study mode aims to curb student cheating and encourage critical thinking
Learning with AI instead of relying on it
AI is helping scammers steal student loans and enroll in fake classes
Millions lost as AI bots impersonate students and drain federal aid
Google offers free Gemini AI tools and 2TB storage to US college students
AI companies are fiercely competing to win over the highly sought-after student userbase
University of Minnesota sued by student who says AI expulsion was part of a conspiracy
The student seeks over $1.3 million in damages and reversal of expulsion
OpenAI says it has a reliable tool for detecting ChatGPT-generated text, "considering" a release
Good news for teachers and suspicious bosses
First-year Eton College students must trade their smartphones for school-provided "dumb" Nokias
The ban-and-replace is part of Eton's effort to refocus younger students on learning
Tool claims to sniff out cheaters abusing ChatGPT AI for plagiarism
"Humans deserve to know the truth"
Some students don't understand the concept of computer files and folders
Thanks to modern technology
This college student made his own processor in a home garage
The Z2 features 100 transistors in a 10x10 array
Apple further expands mobile student ID program on iPhone and Apple Watch
A mobile-first approach
Kids are secretly 'talking' to each other in class using AirPods and apps
Kids will find a way
Harvard student was denied entry in the US over friends' social media activity
CBP searched 30,000 devices last year without a warrant
