News · Education Students Offered an AI Tutor Got Lower Grades, a Large Trial Finds Universities are racing to give students AI study tools. A randomised trial at the University of Maryland — one of the largest of its kind, published as a working paper in October 2026 — suggests that simply switching one on

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News · Healthcare The NHS Is Giving 505,000 Staff an AI Assistant. How Strong Is the Evidence? NHS England is rolling out Microsoft 365 Copilot to more than half a million clinicians and support staff — described as the largest deployment of its kind in healthcare. The decision followed a large trial that reported staff