Big AI is trying to own the pathway to work. Universities shouldn’t play along | Ella Hafermalz
Universities shouldn’t play alongElla HafermalzUniversities need protect their position in education so that students have an independent pathway to employmentSupported byAbout this contentThu 17 Sep 2026 05.00 EDTShareAI companies like OpenAI are insinuating themselves into the pathway from education to work. Soon they may claim it entirely, a disastrous result for students.We know that students are using AI at school and at university. In conversations with those I teach, I’m struck by the trust many place in it.
- ▪Universities shouldn’t play alongElla HafermalzUniversities need protect their position in education so that students have an independent pathway to employmentSupported byAbout this contentThu 17 Sep 2026 05.00 EDTShareAI companies like Ope
- ▪Soon they may claim it entirely, a disastrous result for students.We know that students are using AI at school and at university.
- ▪In conversations with those I teach, I’m struck by the trust many place in it.
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‘OpenAI could soon be selling young people a one-stop-shop for learning, credentials and a job, all heavily dependent on its tools.’ Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreen‘OpenAI could soon be selling young people a one-stop-shop for learning, credentials and a job, all heavily dependent on its tools.’ Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty ImagesReworkedTechnologyBig AI is trying to own the pathway to work. Universities shouldn’t play alongElla HafermalzUniversities need protect their position in education so that students have an independent pathway to employmentSupported byAbout this contentThu 17 Sep 2026 05.00 EDTShareAI companies like OpenAI are insinuating themselves into the pathway from education to work.
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