AI Companies Are Preying on Under-Resourced Schools, Students Say

When high school librarian Tara Donnelly talks to her classes about how AI has changed online search, she always starts with one question: “What is Google’s main goal?” Students generally reply, “give you information,” or “tell you the answers to things” — until someone hits the nail on the head and ventures, “Make money.” Donnelly, a member of the AI working group in the Chicago…
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Texas Universities Use AI to Rewrite How Courses Mention Race and Gender

A senior Texas A&M University System official testing a new artificial intelligence tool this fall asked it to find how many courses discuss feminism at one of its regional universities. Each time she asked in a slightly different way, she got a different number. “Either the tool is learning from my previous queries,” Texas A&M system’s chief strategy officer Korry Castillo told colleagues in…
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