AI in Higher Education
Wednesday, 30 September 2026
What crossed the desk today, gathered from 58 sources.
Can you spot an essay written by AI?
Eval Liu , University Affairs , Sept 30, 2026 This is important: "To say there is a definitive checklist approach to AI detection is unreliable, and at times dangerous." I would also add that our confidence that we can detect AI versus non-AI writing is probably misplaced. Having said that, I think this is at least…
Redesigned Copilot Will Build Apps and Work on Its Own
Microsoft recently announced that it's redesigning Copilot, the company's all-encompassing AI assistant, so users can hand off complex tasks, build tools by describing what they need and assign work to an agent that keeps going after they log off.
AI Leaders Warn of Security Risks at United Nations Briefing
The heads of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Hugging Face joined AI researcher Yoshua Bengio at the United Nations headquarters in New York to warn the UN Security Council about the security risks of increasingly capable AI.
Fearing AI, young workers retrain for hands-on jobs
ChatGPT hit the internet in November 2022 during Keon Davis’ junior year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He used it and grew overreliant, but it also worried him. Davis, who was studying marketing, soon watched it automate tasks he handled in a summer internship, like crafting outreach emails and doing…
Using an AI chatbot to practice new languages can be helpful, but it doesn’t replace speaking with an actual person
People might feel more comfortable making mistakes if they’re interacting with AI chatbots. But they will miss the nuances that come from conversing with real people.
AI Tutors Are Changing Education - But Are Students Actually Learning?
Alex Kennedy , Next Horizon , Sept 30, 2026 According to this article, "the race is shifting from 'Who has the smartest chatbot?' to 'Who can build an AI that helps a person learn without doing the learning for them?'" It's a good question, because it's not exactly clear what the answer would look like (and indeed, it…