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Anthropic published its Education Report, analyzing educators' Claude usage.
Teachers are using Claude to help grade students, a controversial use case.
AI companies are doubling down on tools for education.
Much of the focus on AI in education is on how students will be affected by AI tools. Many are concerned that the temptation to cheat and AI's erosion of critical thinking skills will diminish the quality of their education. However, Anthropic's latest education report focuses on educators' outlook on AI in the classroom -- and finds some surprising ways teachers are implementing the tech.
Also: The tasks college students are using Claude AI for most, according to Anthropic
AI companies are aware of the tensions users experience between using AI as a copilot or support and letting it automate certain parts of their work. Anthropic's analysis shows how educators are navigating that tension, and how those choices vary on a case by case basis.
To conduct this report, Anthropic analyzed anonymized conversations between Claude.ai, its chatbot, and Free and Pro accounts associated with higher education email addresses, and filtered for education-specific tasks from May and June of 2025. Within that time period, Anthropic identified 74,000 conversations involving tasks such as creating syllabi, grading assignments, and more.
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