The real danger of AI in education isn't cheating — it's dependency on Big Tech algorithms, a business professor warns

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Kimberley Hardcastle
Kimberley Hardcastle said generative AI is quietly shifting knowledge and critical thinking from humans to Big Tech's algorithms.

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Professors fear students are outsourcing critical thinking to AI. Here are 5 ways they can fight back, a researcher says.

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Hastings High School students use CollegeSpring software to complete practice test exercises in English vocabulary in Houston, on March 26, 2025
A South African researcher says universities are failing to teach critical thinking as students let AI do their thinking for them.

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Tuition now costs a whopping $90,000 a year or more at some US universities

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New York University is one of a number of schools whose tuition and fees are expected to total more than $90,000 for the upcoming school year.

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Peter Thiel doubles down on his program to pay kids not to stay in school

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Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, speaks during the Bitcoin 2022 Conference at Miami Beach Convention Center.
Peter Thiel.

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China's crashing birthrate will leave millions of teachers jobless in the coming years

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Chinese students at school with a teacher
China could face a surplus of nearly 2 million teachers in the coming years.

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Arizona State students will get their own ChatGPT-powered tutors as OpenAI partners with the university

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OpenAI has teamed up with Arizona State University for a new initiative.

Jens Schlueter

Book banning Moms for Liberty just got canceled by US voters

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Protest against Moms for Liberty in Philadelphia.
Protest against Moms for Liberty in Philadelphia.

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I didn't get into my dream college even though I was a top student. I was devastated, but I'm happy it worked out the way it did.

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The author and Delhi University.

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How the Putin family's 'blood sacrifice' may be driving the high Russian casualty rate in Ukraine

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Men carrying Russian flags by coffins and wooden crosses on a sunny day.
The coffins of Russian troops displayed in the occupied Ukrainian city of Luhansk.

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Pennsylvania school district hit with anti-trans bomb threat after conservative media covers local bathroom debate

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