# AI is inflating student grades, and the effect points to outsourced work, not better learning

> A UC Berkeley study of more than 500,000 grades found that courses heavy on writing and coding saw grades jump after ChatGPT launched.

- **Source:** [The-decoder](https://the-decoder.com/ai-is-inflating-student-grades-and-the-effect-points-to-outsourced-work-not-better-learning/?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a382eb1e8976fcb37cdfe06)
- **Published:** 2026-06-21
- **Category:** AI & Bots
- **Tags:** #chatgpt #ai
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6a382eb1e8976fcb37cdfe06

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