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Why many American college kids don’t want AI
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Many American college students are resisting the move to introduce AI into their universities.
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Officials at the University of South Carolina have described the US$1.5 million (S$1.9 million) partnership it signed in summer 2025 with OpenAI as a path towards smarter research, better time management and around-the-clock learning support.
Undergrad Brooklyn Tyner sees it another way. “We’re not excited to see these advancements in AI if it means it’s going to pollute our environment, spread misinformation, track us and take our jobs,” said Ms Tyner, 20, who calls OpenAI’s ChatGPT a “cheating machine”.
