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Why One Law School Just Banned AI

Jun 4, 2026

Why would a leading law school ban AI entirely while other countries are giving every citizen access to ChatGPT?

In this news-focused episode, Ray and Dan unpack some of the biggest developments shaping AI and education around the world. They discuss China's new national AI education strategy, Malta's ambitious "AI for All" programme, Harvard's expansion of student AI access, and Anthropic's $200 million partnership with the Gates Foundation.

The conversation explores a controversial decision by the University of California, Berkeley School of Law to prohibit AI use in assessed work, raising important questions about judgement, employability, and the future role of AI in professional education.

They also examine new research on how people are actually using AI, why Australian students' digital literacy is falling despite increased screen time, and what educators can learn from a high-profile academic integrity case involving an AI-assisted newspaper article.

Finally, they highlight Jason La Greca's excellent framework for testing and stress-testing educational chatbots before they are deployed to students.

All the links:

China launches AI empowering education action plan, includes AI into teacher qualification exams
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202604/1358611.shtml 
 
The Amazon-Perplexity Ruling and Implications for "Agentic AI" in EdTech
https://www.rumidocs.com/newsroom/the-amazon-perplexity-ruling-and-implications-for-agentic-ai-in-edtech 
 
Malta gives every Maltese (at home and abroad!) ChatGPT free - with a catch
https://openai.com/index/malta-chatgpt-plus-partnership/ 
 
Harvard students avoid uni-provided ChatGPT
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/4/28/fas-anthropic-claude/ 
 
Anthropic's forms $200M partnership with the Gates Foundation
https://www.anthropic.com/news/gates-foundation-partnership 
 
University of California Berkeley School of Law bans AI
https://www.law.berkeley.edu/academics/registrar/academic-rules/artificial-intelligence-policy/ 
 
Australian students’ digital literacy at an all time low
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-27/school-students-digital-literacy-at-new-low-test-shows/106724164 
 
How people are really using AI
https://hbr.org/2026/06/how-people-are-really-using-ai-in-2026 
 
Walton Family Foundation Educator Research: closing the expectations gap
https://www.gallup.com/analytics/659819/k-12-teacher-research.aspx 
 
From the ”You couldn’t make this up” department 
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/03/sydney-academic-used-ai-opinion-piece-urging-students-to-avoid-using-it-ntwnfb 
https://www.smh.com.au/national/uni-academic-admits-she-used-ai-to-write-opinion-piece-in-defence-of-ai-20260602-p6038j.html 
 
Can you spot AI writing?
https://fakewriters.onrender.com/ 
 
 
How to break your chatbot - from Jason La Greca
https://teachyourselfout.substack.com/p/the-ultimate-jailbreak-test-suite