Texas universities are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence (AI) tools to conduct extensive course audits, a move prompted by escalating conservative scrutiny over topics such as gender identity and new state legislation granting governor-appointed regents greater authority over curricula. These audits, initially framed as a means to ensure course descriptions accurately reflect content, are sparking controversy and raising significant concerns among faculty and AI experts.

The Texas A&M University System commenced its course audit after a gender-identity lesson at its flagship campus led to a professor's firing and the university president's resignation. Korry Castillo, the system’s chief strategy officer, highlighted the AI tool's inconsistencies early on, noting varied results when querying courses on feminism based on slight rephrasing of questions. Despite these anomalies, Chancellor Glenn Hegar and the Board of Regents committed to auditing courses across all 12 system universities. Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs James Hallmark described the use of