"When students entered Tsinghua University in Beijing this year, one of the first representatives they met wasn't a person. Admission letters to the prestigious institution came with an invitation code to an artificial-intelligence agent. The bot is designed to answer students' questions about courses, clubs and life on campus. At Ohio State University in Columbus, students this year will take compulsory AI classes as part of an initiative to ensure that all of them are 'AI fluent' by the time they graduate."
"These tools can, within seconds, analyse complex information, answer questions and generate polished essays - some of the exact skills that universities have conventionally taught. Eighty-six per cent of university students were regularly using AI in their studies in 2024, according to one global survey - and some polls show even more. "We are seeing students become power users of these tools," says Marc Watkins, a researcher who specializes in AI and education at the University of Mississippi in Oxford."
Universities are rapidly integrating generative AI into campus services, admissions and curricula, with admission letters offering AI-agent access and some institutions requiring AI courses. Large numbers of students regularly use AI tools to analyze information, answer questions and generate essays, with one global survey reporting 86% usage in 2024. Experiments suggest AI tutoring can accelerate learning and improve outcomes for some students. Institutions also implement assessment changes, including in-person tests, to ensure skills are earned. The widespread adoption of AI creates both opportunities to enhance education and significant concerns among education specialists about its impact.
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