Schön, Eva-MariaNeumann, MichaelHofmann-Stölting, ChristinaBaeza Yates, RicardoRauschenberger, Maria2025-10-072025-10-072023Schön EM, Neumann M, Hofmann-Stölting C, Baeza-Yates R, Rauschenberger M. How are AI assistants changing higher education? Front Comput Sci. 2023 Jul 27;5:1208550. DOI: 10.3389/fcomp.2023.12085502624-9898http://hdl.handle.net/10230/71412Context: Higher education is changing at an accelerating pace due to the widespread use of digital teaching and emerging technologies. In particular, AI assistants such as ChatGPT pose significant challenges for higher education institutions because they bring change to several areas, such as learning assessments or learning experiences. Objective: Our objective is to discuss the impact of AI assistants in the context of higher education, outline possible changes to the context, and present recommendations for adapting to change. Method: We review related work and develop a conceptual structure that visualizes the role of AI assistants in higher education. Results: The conceptual structure distinguishes between humans, learning, organization, and disruptor, which guides our discussion regarding the implications of AI assistant usage in higher education. The discussion is based on evidence from related literature. Conclusion: AI assistants will change the context of higher education in a disruptive manner, and the tipping point for this transformation has already been reached. It is in our hands to shape this transformation.application/pdfeng© 2023 Schön, Neumann, Hofmann-Stölting, Baeza-Yates and Rauschenberger. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcomp.2023.1208550AIChatGPTHigher educationDisruptionAgile valuesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess