The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says

Does AI stop children from learning?

New data show the peril and promise of the technology

The 50 Percent Problem

Empirical evidence of the educational harm of generative AI

The 50 Percent Problem

Empirical evidence of the educational harm of generative AI

A new direction for students in an AI world: Prosper, prepare, protect | Brookings

This report explores the potential risks generative AI poses to students and outlines what we can do now to minimize them.

University students feel ‘anxious, confused and distrustful’ about AI in the classroom and among their peers

Whether students and faculty are actively using AI or not, it is having significant interpersonal, emotional effects on learning and trust in the classroom.

University students feel ‘anxious, confused and distrustful’ about AI in the classroom and among their peers

Whether students and faculty are actively using AI or not, it is having significant interpersonal, emotional effects on learning and trust in the classroom.

Artificial intelligence, cognitive offloading and implications for education

This report investigates a profound new challenge driven by rapidly expanding use of artificial intelligence (AI) in schooling: the risk that students will outsource too much of the cognitive work that is crucial to establishing the knowledge, skill and ‘thinking infrastructure’ that enables both schooling success and lifelong capacity for ongoing learning and understanding.There is a growing body of evidence that using AI can short-circuit the cognitive effort required for sustainable, deep learning, with potentially long-term consequences. This cognitive offloading from human to AI is especially risky for school students (‘novice’ learners who are building foundational knowledge and skills) when they turn to AI as a tempting substitute, not an amplifier, increase their dependency on the tool and lose access to deeper learning and critical thinking capabilities. It also introduces extra equity risks for disadvantaged students.The report reviews the cognitive science behind this concerning shift and the growing evidence of its impact. It also outlines how these harmful effects can be counteracted through specific teaching and learning strategies and effective design of AI education technology, anchored on bolstering the central role of teachers. It includes specific recommendations for policy and teaching and learning strategies.

We Need to Know More About How AI is Affecting Mental Health

The public, mental health practitioners, and policymakers don’t know enough about the impacts of AI use on the human psyche, writes Chris Mills Rodrigo.

How Americans see AI impacting human skills; its role in science, matchmaking, religion and more

Majorities don’t want AI to give advice about religion or love. But many say AI should help forecast weather, search for financial crimes, develop medicine and more.

What the Studies Say About How AI Affects Your Brain: A (Very Big) Compilation

The entire literature clearly points to a single surprising finding

Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good

Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show.

Some Kids Will Never Think AI Is Cool

“I think it should stand for ‘artificial idiot,’” one 9-year-old says. Here’s why kids of all ages are calling AI “disgusting” and “creepy.”

Mayor Mamdani and Chancellor Samuels Put Students First with Nation’s Broadest Generative AI Moratorium in Schools

NEW YORK – Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and Schools Chancellor Kamar H. Samuels today announced a moratorium on student-facing generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) use in schools, alongside a new screen time policy, a decision that will impact nearly 600,000 public school students, or two-thirds of the system’s total enrollment. The policy establishes a one-year moratorium, effective in the 2026-2027 school year, on student-facing generative AI for children in 2-K through 8th grade. It also introduces twice-yearly AI critical thinking modules for high schoolers, limited AI pilots for a small number of high school classrooms and age-appropriate screen time restrictions.

AI May Be Atrophying Our Brains, Professor Warns

AI may soon ruin our ability to make decisions for ourselves — an outcome that would be, one expert warns, "catastrophic."

AI Use Appears to Have a "Boiling Frog" Effect on Human Cognition, New Study Warns

A new study claims to offer the first causal link between AI dependency and cognitive erosion. Researchers warn of long-term implications.