Canvas announced an AI teaching agent intended to automate routine faculty tasks while stopping short of full grading automation, prompting debate about agentic AI’s role in instruction. At the same time, Cornell rolled out a discipline‑agnostic module to teach critical thinking in the AI era, offering a curricular framework for integrating reasoning and source evaluation across courses. The tandem developments show institutions pursuing both vendor tools and curricular safeguards: learning‑management platforms aim to increase instructional efficiency, while academic leaders invest in scaffolded critical‑thinking instruction so graduates demonstrate discernment amid abundant AI‑generated content. Provosts and instructional designers should coordinate vendor pilots with faculty development and assessment redesign.