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Some college classes are seeing a boom in students earning A's — many with the help of AI . Why it matters: Universities and colleges were already concerned about how many students are earning A's and B's, but now must worry that graduates are leaving AI-proficient rather than knowledgeable about their subjects of study. The big picture: It isn't a case where A- students get a slight bump to an A or A+, says Igor Chirikov, a UC Berkeley professor who authored a study on AI and grade inflation. - "We have a C student who is now an A student," Chirikov tells Axios, citing data from grades given between 2018 and 2025 at a Texas research university. What they found: Since the release of ChatGPT in 2022, "excellent" grades rose by 30% in…
Data: Graphite.io ; Note: Based on an average of three AI-detector tools sampling URLs from Common Crawl; Chart: Megan Morrone/Axios The flood of AI-generated writing unleashed by ChatGPT appears to have leveled off — a sign that AI content hasn't overtaken the web after all. The big picture: The share of online news articles, blog posts and listicles that are primarily AI-generated has held near 50% for more than a year, according to a new analysis from digital marketing agency Graphite. - The plateau indicates that the feared takeover of human online writing by AI hasn't materialized — at least not yet. Why it matters: Researchers who've studied the spread of AI-written articles warn that once models start training on that…
On tonight’s "Katie Pavlich Tonight," the program goes inside the high‑stakes push for peace as Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff travel to Pakistan to meet with an Iranian delegation. The show also examines growing questions over border security following a new appeals court ruling and charges against an Iranian national accused of smuggling migrants into the United States. The episode breaks down several headlines drawing national attention, including President Trump’s invitation to Russian President Vladimir Putin for a summit in Miami and controversy surrounding a suicide bomber invited to speak at UC Berkeley. Foreign policy experts Lisa Daftari and David Tafuri join the show to analyze the implications for U.S. national security.…
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The Trump administration is casting new scrutiny on foreign funding at U.S. colleges and universities — a push critics say is part of a broader effort to assert control over higher education under the guise of national security. The big picture: The Department of Education is pointing to newly-revealed data on foreign gifts and contracts to schools as a national security issue, which is misleading, Alexander Cooley, a political scientist researching foreign authoritarian influence, tells Axios. Driving the news: The Education Department on Wednesday released foreign funding disclosure data submitted by colleges and universities for 2025, "documenting over 8,300 transactions worth more than $5.2 billion in reportable foreign gifts and…