Feb. 26 - A survey of 1,000 students has revealed an "explosion" in the use of generative artificial intelligence over the past 12 months, The Guardian reported today. Nearly 90% (88%) of students in the 2025 survey said they would use a tool like ChatGPT in an assessment, up from 53% last year. According to the report, published by the UK's Higher Education Policy Institute and Kortext, a digital e-textbook company, the proportion of students who would use any AI tool has risen from 2024 to 2025, with the number of students who would use any AI tool increasing from 1,000 to 1,000, according to the report. ...

In the winter of 2025 the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) will offer a comparative literature class with textbooks, assignments, and teaching assistant materials generated by artificial intelligence. According to 1AI, the course is an introduction to medieval to 17th-century literature, and its materials are generated by Kudu's AI platform, which was founded by UCLA Physics and Astronomy Professor Alexander Kusenko. It will reportedly be the first course in UCLA's School of Humanities to use...