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UC Berkeley professor admits AI use in op-ed on student math skills

A University of California, Berkeley professor, Zvezdelina Stankova, has admitted to using AI to help edit an op-ed she wrote criticizing students' math deficiencies. The op-ed, published in The San Francisco Standard, claimed some students were significantly behind in basic math skills, attributing this to the UC system's test-blind admissions. Stankova stated that while AI assisted in editing and locating documents, the analysis was human-driven and the result of extensive work. Her admission has sparked debate among academics and on social media regarding the ethical use of AI in scholarly writing. AI

IMPACT Raises questions about academic integrity and the acceptable use of AI tools in scholarly writing and opinion pieces.

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses an academic's use of AI in writing an opinion piece, sparking debate, rather than a direct release of new AI technology or research.

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UC Berkeley professor admits AI use in op-ed on student math skills

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    UC Berkeley professor admits to using AI to edit op-ed on students’ math skills | US universities https://www. byteseu.com/2290700/ # AI # ArtificialIntelligenc

    UC Berkeley professor admits to using AI to edit op-ed on students’ math skills | US universities https://www. byteseu.com/2290700/ # AI # ArtificialIntelligence

  2. The Guardian — AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Sophie Sullivan ·

    UC Berkeley professor admits to using AI to edit op-ed about students’ math skills

    <p>Zvezdelina Stankova says she used AI to ‘help edit’ an article about some of her students being ‘five to eight years’ behind</p><p>A math professor at the University of California, Berkeley, criticizing a “severe” math deficiency among students in an <a href="https://sfstandar…

  3. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🤖 UC Berkeley professor admits to using AI to edit op-ed about students’ math skills Zvezdelina Stankova says she used AI to ‘help edit’ an article about some o

    🤖 UC Berkeley professor admits to using AI to edit op-ed about students’ math skills Zvezdelina Stankova says she used AI to ‘help edit’ an article about some of her students being ‘five to eight years’ behindA math professor at the University of California, Berkeley, criticizing…

  4. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    UC Berkeley professor admits to using AI to edit op-ed about students' math skills https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/19/uc-berkeley-professor-ai # AI

    UC Berkeley professor admits to using AI to edit op-ed about students' math skills https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/19/uc-berkeley-professor-ai # AI # Education # Academia