Students are headed back to school armed with AI. Here’s how some colleges are adapting.
Numerade analyzed survey data and news reports and interviewed educators to see how colleges and universities are responding to AI.
Students are headed back to school armed with AI. Here’s how some colleges are adapting.
“The age of AI has begun,” Bill Gates boldly proclaimed in a blog post dated March 2023. By then, ChatGPT had reached 100 million users. Alternatives like Anthropic’s Claude and Google’s Bard (now called Gemini) were also launched. Gates predicted artificial intelligence would change how people work, communicate, and learn. He called it “revolutionary.” Indeed, McKinsey’s 2024 Global Survey reported that 65% of organizations were already using generative AI tools, which are algorithms that can create new content like photos, videos, and text. That share increases to 72% when counting organizations that have adopted AI in at least one function.
Students, often at the forefront of change, have similarly embraced generative …