The conversation around artificial intelligence continues to impact several industries and businesses everywhere, and it's also had a tangible effect on academics.
Teachers and professors around the country have said that an increasing number of students rely on AI to write papers or help them complete homework assignments.
The Pew Research Group says 26 percent of teenagers used ChatGPT for schoolwork in 2024, twice as many as in the previous year.
Proponents of AI in the classroom have cited the ability to help students who may not be able to learn traditionally, while critics have said that the reliance on tools like ChatGPT could lead to students having difficulty retaining and comprehending information.
Ahead of a new school year later in 2025, one of the most prominent state universities in America has revealed its stance on students using artificial intelligence.
Ohio State University says that it will not only encourage the use of artificial intelligence, but it will require each student at the school to take a class on AI literacy.
"Through AI Fluency, Ohio State students will be 'bilingual' — fluent in both their major field of study and the application of AI in that area," said OSU provost and executive vice president Ravi V. Bellamkonda.
The school plans to integrate AI education throughout the curriculum for undergraduate students, with a special emphasis on the incoming class. Bellamkonda says that by 2029, the aim is for every Ohio State student to be fluent in how AI is applied to their chosen field of study.
Some professors at the university have incorporated AI into their lessons, and one says he's embraced students turning in AI-assisted work.
"A student walked up to me after turning in the first batch of AI-assisted papers and thanked me for such a fun assignment. And then when I graded them and found a lot of really creative ideas," said associate professor of philosophy Steven Brown.
"My favorite one is still a paper on karma and the practice of returning shopping carts."
All of Ohio's public universities have incorporated artificial intelligence in some capacity, but Ohio State is the first of those 14 institutions to declare that it will officially incorporate AI into the curriculum of every student.
Starting this fall, every Ohio State student will be asked to use artificial intelligence. https://t.co/CrJ8pBfbW8 pic.twitter.com/jDXAHL7hhk
— NBC4 Columbus (@nbc4i) June 8, 2025
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