Reporting highlights two pressures as campus life meets generative AI: private AI companies are aggressively marketing tools that facilitate cheating and academic shortcuts, while schools and career offices are experimenting with AI advisors that often fall short of providing reliable career guidance. Coverage finds students using consumer chatbots for college and career decisions, sometimes receiving off‑track or superficial advice. Ed‑tech leaders and counselors caution that off‑the‑shelf LLMs lack grounding in pedagogical frameworks and can propagate inaccuracies. Campus IT and career centers are piloting purpose‑built assistants, but experts warn institutions must pair AI tools with human oversight and clear guardrails to protect learning integrity and student outcomes.