AI: How Winnipeg schools are dealing with a rise in artificial intelligence [Video]

New data is revealing the good, the bad and the ugly of artificial intelligence in schools.

AI is among Temiloluwa Daramola’s school supplies this year.

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“It’s 2024, and AI is very much used everywhere in every aspect,” she told CTV News.

The third-year neuroscience student at the University of Winnipeg said AI has helped her a lot when it comes to studying.

“I literally put my slides in the AI and then asked it to summarize (them) for me, create mock-up questions. It really helps,” she said. “I think it’s boosted my studying.”

She isn’t alone.

KPMG surveyed 423 students across the country, finding nearly six in 10 use generative AI in their school work. Most reported using AI to generate ideas and conduct research, but others said they would use AI to write essays and complete tests or exams.

Of those students, 82 per cent said …