Art schools are being torn apart by AI | The Verge

TechAIReportArt schools are being torn apart by AIInstitutions are teaching creatives to utilize AI, even if some students and faculty hate the technology.by Jess WeatherbedMar 31, 2026, 3:00 PM UTCLinkShareGiftThe curriculum at creative institutions is evolving to handle gen AI tools, and a lot of people aren’t happy about it. | Image by Cath Virginia / The VergeJess Weatherbed is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews.When my baby brother, a 3D modelling and animation student, talks to me about his projects and studies, the pride I usually feel is becoming increasingly tainted by a growing sense of dread. As a creative professional and former design student myself, I understand all too well how fierce the competition for postgraduate jobs will be, but his future is being threatened by something that barely even existed during my own time in higher education: generative AI.College students are feeling that fear as well. Earlier this year, in a small protest at CalArts, posters that requested the help of AI artists for a thesis were reportedly altered with anti-AI messages and anti-AI flyers were placed around campus. A film student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks destroyed another student’s allegedly AI-generated display piece by physically eating it out of protest.Right now, almost any creative task you can think of can be assisted or even entirely compl...