University of Houston freshman Ava Romero doesn’t use artificial intelligence much for classwork — but when she does, her professors call the shots.
In English and government, she must stick to approved tools and stay within the school’s 20% threshold, measured by special AI detection software. But her history professor bans AI entirely. There, Romero can’t touch it — or she’ll risk violating UH’s academic honesty policy.
Across college campuses from UH to Rice to Texas A&M, those shifting rules show how AI is already upending teaching and learning in higher education…