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The Download: how China’s universities approach AI, and the pitfalls of welfare algorithms

MIT Technology Review - AI
Jul 28, 2025 12:10
Rhiannon Williams
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Chinese universities have shifted from discouraging to actively encouraging students to use AI in their studies, reflecting a broader embrace of AI technologies in education. This change highlights China's strategic focus on AI development, but also raises questions about academic integrity and the need for new guidelines to manage AI’s role in learning.

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Chinese universities want students to use more AI, not less Just two years ago, students in China were told to avoid using AI for their assignments. At the time, to get around a…
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