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The CAIL research project in the media

17 September 2025 News item

A summary of all media appearances concerning the CAIL research project.

In the 'Critical AI Literacy' research project (CAIL), we focus on developing materials on CAIL for primary and secondary school children, higher education students, teachers in schools and higher education, school leaders, and school board members. The following reference shows all the media impact we have made thus far.

Update 17 september 2025

In the newest update, we've included all media coverage on our recent position paper Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia.

Literature reference

Iris van Rooij

Verhagen, L. (2025, August 25). De Volkskrant Grote AI-denker Margaret Boden (1936-2025) herkende al vroeg de creativiteit van computers
Verhagen, L. (2025, June 9). De Volkskrant Computers als ‘superbrein’: Hoe realistisch is het idee van een menselijke AI?
van Pelt, S., & Lambeets, K. (2025, May 22) Vox magazine The genie is out of the bottle: How students and scientists are increasingly embracing AI

Olivia Guest

Kilgore, W. (2025, August 1) Forbes Can We Build AI Therapy Chatbots That Help Without Harming People?
Huckins, G. (2025, July 8) MIT Technology Review How scientists are trying to use AI to unlock the human mind. Understanding the mind is hard. Understanding AI isn’t much easier

Barbara Müller

Nieuwsuur. (2025, August 6). [Broadcast]. In Nieuwsuur. npo.nl.

Media coverage about the position paper “Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia”

Anderl, S., & Müller-Jung, J. (2025, September 12). Gewöhnt KI uns das kritische Denken ab? - F.A.Z. Wissen [Podcast].
Anderson, K. (2025, September 9). Are We Losing Our Minds? A new position paper warns against the uncritical adoption of AI in academia. The Geyser.
Anderson, K. (2025b, September 22). Welcome to “Vibe Science” Anecdotes mount in a worrisome way, and open data is possibly slopsquatting. The Geyser.
Anderson, K., & Moore, J. (2025, September 12). Safeguarding Science from AI: An Interview with Olivia Guest and Iris van Rooij [The DISRUPTED SCIENCE Podcast].
Beste-ID. (2025, September 12). AI op universiteiten: 'verzet is noodzakelijk’. Beste-ID.
Cleveland, K., & Reynoldson, M. (2025, September 18). Human Intelligence [Broadcast].
De redactie. (2025, September 15). AI schaadt wetenschappelijke integriteit en vergroot kansenongelijkheid, waarschuwen wetenschappers. Science Guide.
Emerce. (2025, September 12). ‘AI op universiteiten is niet onvermijdelijk: Verzet is mogelijk en noodzakelijk.’ EMERCE.
Greene, J. (2025, September 15). Learning With GenAI: Shortcuts Versus Cutting Yourself Short | Psychology Today. Psychology Today.
Greene, P. (2025, July 22). International Resistance To AI In Education Marked In Open Letter. Forbes.
Heller, V. P. (2025, September 10). Positionspapier von Experten: Sollte KI an Universitäten verboten werden? Frankfurter Allgemeine.
Hermans, F. (2025, September 7). Vrouwen in de wetenschap, de AI van de UvA, wat is leraar zijn, inspraak op de universiteit—AI in Week 36. Het AI nieuws volgens Felienne.
Hermans, F. (2025, September 14). Het AI nieuws van week 37. Het AI nieuws volgens Felienne.
Merchant, B. (2025, September 7). Cognitive scientists and AI researchers make a forceful call to reject “uncritical adoption" of AI in academia. Blood in the Machine.
Martín Alegre, S. (2025, September 15). Why we need to be wary about introducing AI into our teaching and research: Commenting on Guest et al. L. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.
McKendrick, J. (2025, September 18). Students are using AI tools instead of building foundational skills—But resistance is growing. ZDNET.
Merchant, B. (2025a, September 21). The Luddite Renaissance is in full swing [Blog]. Blood in the Machine.
Radboud University. (2025, September 12). ‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary.’ Research News.
Sobel, D. (2025, September 9). Academics Warn Against Uncritical AI Adoption, Citing Risks to Critical Thinking. Business of Tech.
Attwell, G. (2025, September 17). Opposition to AI technologies in education – AI Pioneers [Blog]. AI Pioneers. https://aipioneers.org/opposition-to-ai-technologies-in-education/
McKendrick, J. (2025, September 18). Students are using AI tools instead of building foundational skills—But resistance is growing. ZDNET.
Tarras, P. (2025, September 19). Leaving Academia.edu: ‘AI’ and Information Loss [Blog]. MEMBRA DISPERSA SINAITICA Notes on Sinai’s Dispersed Manuscript Heritage.
Heest, F. van. (2025, September 26). Nieuwe wetenschappelijke gedragscode: Meer verantwoordelijkheid instellingen, grenzen aan AI - ScienceGuide.
Hermans, F. (2025, September 28). AI in week 39 [Blog]. AI in Week.
Crawley, K. (2025, October 6). Anti Gen AI Heroes: Dr. Olivia Guest’s Dire Warning to Academia – Stop Gen AI [Blog]. Stop Gen AI.
Angelous, A. (2025, October 9). The infrastructure of meaninglessness [Blog]. Our Collective Futures.

Contact information

Organizational unit: Communication and Media
About person: Dr O. Guest (Olivia) , Prof. I.J.E.I. van Rooij (Iris) , Dr B.C.N. Müller (Barbara)
Theme: Artificial intelligence (AI)