Study: AI use boosts homework scores 18%, but exam scores drop 20%

A study of 27,000 students in China found AI tool users saw homework scores rise 18% over six months, but scored 20% below non-users on exams taken without AI. Around 80% of students used models like Doubao and DeepSeek.
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