A two-day seminar on Artificial Intelligence, Creativity and Content Generation: Opportunities and Challenges of a New Tomorrow opened at the University of Kashmir Main Campus, organized by EMRC KU in collaboration with the Consortium for Educational Communication.

The event explores AI’s impact on creativity, digital media, and content generation, assessing opportunities and ethical challenges while promoting responsible AI use in education, media production, and creative practices.

Prof. Syeda Afshana, director of EMRC KU, emphasized the workshop’s role in fostering dialogue on AI, creativity, and multimedia communication and highlighted the centre’s responsiveness to technological shifts.

Universities should develop unified student data views to support AI-driven early warning systems, personalised learning, and regional language support in admissions, while moving toward lifelong learning ecosystems powered by AI and global partnerships.

Some instructors are banning or limiting AI, reverting to in-person, paper-based assessments to safeguard academic integrity and accurately gauge student learning.

AI can assist with phrasing, structuring thoughts, and lowering access barriers for formal language tasks, provided students critically evaluate the outcomes.

ESET introduced ChatGPT URL and script checks, with plans for Gemini and Copilot support, agent monitoring, and a free Skills Checker; iOS approval may affect broader availability.

UI-branded Claude will include a HIPAA-ready tenet for healthcare use, and the university recently purchased a Co-Pilot subscription for all students, faculty, and staff in August.

JAIN (Deemed-to-be University) Chancellor Dr Chenraj Roychand urged moving beyond degrees to real-life skills, warning that traditional teaching and exams may fail to engage future students.

USC leaves AI policy to individual instructors, with significant funding for a ChatGPT Edu subscription and ongoing policy debates in PhD programs.

Experts stressed the need for verification and human clinical judgment alongside AI tools, arguing AI should amplify rather than replace rigorous scholarship.

Universities should use multiple tools to avoid vendor lock-in, monitor usage and environmental impact, and require training before accessing advanced tools.