AI is in nearly every classroom

New global challenge provides university students hands-on experience with IBM Bob, helping them build practical AI skills, portfolio-ready projects and career connections NEW YORK, June 3, 2026 — IBM today […] The post IBM Launches AI Builders Challenge to Give Students Real-World AI Development Experience appeared first on AIwire.

Sydney Morning Herald removes piece by Cath Ellis, despite Western Sydney University saying her use of AI was ‘appropriate’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A top Sydney academic used AI to write an opinion piece that urged students to “do the work” and not cut corners by using such technology, with the Sydney Morning Herald removing the “unacceptable” piece from its website. Western Sydney University’s pro vice-chancellor for quality and integrity, Prof Cath Ellis, had an opinion piece published in the Sydney Morning Herald last month, in response to an article from the academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert. Continue reading...

A survey of 95,513 students in a representative sample of 20 major U.S. universities found that a third of them use chatbots to produce text, video or code for assignments, and 9 percent admit using them to cheat.

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Recent college grads are not very fond of commencement speakers hyping up a technology they see as a threat to their career prospects When Jacob Pagel graduated from Middle Tennessee State University this spring, predictions about artificial intelligence already had him questioning the value of his degree. Then a music executive started preaching about AI’s transformative power during a commencement speech. “This industry will change on you in a heartbeat. It has already changed more in the last 10 years than in the 50 years prior … AI is rewriting production as we sit here,” said Scott Borchetta, CEO of the record label Big Machine. After a few stray boos from graduates, he doubled down: “Deal with it.” Continue reading...

Students booing mentions of AI shows that some of the most intense skepticism and fear about the technology is coming from those who use it the most, because of its anticipated effect on society and their personal lives.

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Board members and teachers at a school district in Connecticut see the need for formalizing rules around AI use, as students are already using (or misusing) it and there are questions around how staff should use it.