What It's Like to Be a Student at the First A.I.-Powered University - The New York Times

California State University just went all-in on AI across every department at once. Sounds bold. For a business owner, it sounds exhausting. You've probably already tried the "all-in" approach. Bou

California State University just went all-in on AI across every department at once.

Sounds bold. For a business owner, it sounds exhausting.


You've probably already tried the "all-in" approach. Bought the tool, paid the subscription, watched your team ignore it. That $200/month sitting there like a quiet accusation isn't a failure of intelligence. It's a failure of implementation strategy. There's a real difference.


Here's what the university story actually teaches business owners: the institutions making AI work didn't start everywhere. They started with one repetitive problem that had a measurable outcome attached to it. One workflow. One metric. One win.

That win creates internal credibility. Your team stops rolling their eyes because they saw it work. That's how adoption happens — not through mandates, but through proof.

The AI vendors won't tell you this because it slows down their sales cycle. But your first AI project should be almost boring. Routine task. Clear before-and-after. Thirty days to a result you can actually show someone.


Pick the one thing your team does repeatedly that eats time and produces nothing strategic. That's your starting point. Not your whole operation — just that one thing.


What's the task in your business that you wish would just disappear?

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Everywhere strategy, which was formally announced in the fall of 2025 and aims to integrate the technology across campus life. Teniente-Matson devised ...