Texas Tech Uses AI to Purge Left-Leaning Course Content, Drawing 1 First Amendment Lawsuit
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 18
Texas Tech Uses AI to Purge Left-Leaning Course Content, Drawing 1 First Amendment Lawsuit
2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 18
Summary
Texas Tech administrators this spring gave professors AI-generated reports telling them which lessons and materials tied to sexual orientation and gender identity should be removed.
Faculty members said the reviews contained factual errors and misidentified what they teach, calling the process “A.I. slop” and a way to bypass subject-matter experts.
1 lawsuit filed last month by the American Association of University Professors argues the course-review effort amounts to viewpoint discrimination that violates the First Amendment.
Brandon Creighton, who has led the five-university Texas Tech system since November, is driving the plan and says it will strip “garbage” from courses and become a national model.