A nationwide survey shows that more than 90 percent of students use artificial intelligence in their daily university life. Applications range from preparing answers for seminars and writing excuse emails to creating entire academic papers. This development is causing growing frustration and mistrust among instructors in locations such as Berlin, Ludwigsburg, and Hanover, as the quality of academic work is often compromised by superficial, AI-generated texts with exaggerated pathos. The challenge for universities lies in establishing clear rules for dealing with this technology. As assessing individual achievement becomes increasingly difficult, the question arises as to how AI can be meaningfully integrated into teaching. This debate is of decisive importance for the future of humanities studies in order to preserve the integrity of academic performance.