Faculty at Arizona State University are raising concerns about the functionality and governance of an “AI course builder” released as a web app. The reporting says faculty—whose content the system pulls from—are concerned about how the tool operates and who can access it. The core issue is not simply AI pedagogy, but control of instructional materials and the transparency of how faculty work is processed into course outputs. Faculty apprehensions underscore the tension between rapid adoption of AI-driven instructional tools and institutional oversight of academic labor. If ASU’s AI course builder expands, the controversy could become a bellwether for other universities trying to scale AI-enabled course development while managing faculty consent and academic freedom concerns.