Western University reviews $72 AI tutor after students cry foul over cost, privacy
joshgans · x · 2026-11-13
Western University's Ivey Business School is reviewing the use of an AI tutor called Ask GMM after student complaints. Per CTV, fourth-year student Daniel Wang says the class textbook was replaced this fall with the chatbot, and students were asked to pay $72 on top of a $750 course materials fee, with materials now behind an external paywall requiring separate accounts—raising privacy concerns about how student-AI interactions are collected and stored. Entrepreneur Afinetheorem uses the case to argue 'terrible AI' ruins the tech's reputation, plugging his All Day TA at a few dollars per student, paid by professors.
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