A study that claimed OpenAI’s ChatGPT can positively impact student learning has been retracted nearly one year after publication. The journal publisher, Springer Nature, cited “discrepancies” in the ...

Facepalm: A high-profile academic paper that once framed ChatGPT as a clear win for student learning has been pulled, nearly a year after it helped shape early narratives about AI in education.

A 2025 research paper finding substantial positive effects of ChatGPT on student learning outcomes was retracted last month, with the Nature Portfolio group of journals saying discrepancies “undermine ...

Nature has withdrawn a widely cited meta-analysis claiming ChatGPT improved student learning, citing discrepancies that undermined confidence in its conclusions. The 2025 paper had synthesized results ...

The school year starts soon for many students, and ChatGPT has announced a new “study mode” that aims to prevent—or at least encourage against—students taking homework shortcuts. The mode is designed ...

In November 2022, the UN symbolically declared that the 8 billionth human being had been born in Manilla, Philippines, thus adding to the 2,3 billion children already living in the world. Another ...