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thehill.com
Artificial intelligence in the classroom is undercutting students' critical thinking
Universities are rushing head‑first into the generative AI era. Across campuses, chatbots like ChatGPT have become so common that many instructors now assume students are already using them, and some professors have begun requiring such use.
#AI #CriticalThinking #ProfessionalDevelopment
www.businessinsider.com
AI isn't replacing expertise -- it's exposing who actually has it, an economist says
Claude's recent outages showed how quickly some professionals have become dependent on AI tools.
AI might make our work sound smarter, but what happens when we are actually asked to explain it.
#AIFluency #CriticalThinking #SkepticalIntelligence
www.forbes.com
Anthropic: 91% Of Users Do Not Fact-Check AI. Let's Fix That.
Anthropic, the company behind Claude, just published something more important than another model upgrade. Its AI Fluency Index, released in February 2026, tracked nearly 10,000 anonymized conversations to measure whether people are developing the skills to use AI well -- not just whether they are using it at all.
#AIinEducation #CriticalThinking #Metacognition
news.harvard.edu
Preserving learning in the age of AI shortcuts -- Harvard Gazette
Tina Grotzer: Once you start to know what your mind can do that's so much better than AI, it kind of makes sense that some tasks are well-relegated to AI and other tasks are not.
#ArtificialIntelligence #HigherEducation #CriticalThinking
nypost.com
90% of college faculty believe AI is dumbing down students'...
A new survey from the American Association of Colleges and Universities and Elon University's Imagining the Digital Future Center found that an overwhelming majority of college faculty are concerned that artificial intelligence is harming students' critical thinking abilities.
#ArtificialIntelligence #HigherEducation #CriticalThinking
nypost.com
90% of college faculty believe AI is dumbing down students'...
A new survey from the American Association of Colleges and Universities and Elon University's Imagining the Digital Future Center found that an overwhelming majority of college faculty are concerned that artificial intelligence is harming students' critical thinking abilities.
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www.seattlepi.com
Finland's battle against fake news starts in preschool classrooms
HELSINKI (AP) -- The battle against fake news in Finland starts in preschool classrooms.
For decades, the Nordic nation has woven media literacy, including the ability to analyze different kinds of media and recognize disinformation, into its national curriculum for students as young as 3 years old.
