By Will McCurdy
Publication Date: 2025-11-22 14:05:00
The rise of Generation AI may have many worried about their jobs, but there’s an unexpected industry getting a surprising boost from tools like ChatGPT – the makers of “Blue Books,” the little lined-paper notebooks used in schools.
According to Circana, sales of Blue Books more than doubled between 2022 and 2024 The economist, Around the same time, tools like ChatGPT became very popular among students around the world. The news comes as teachers across the US are getting creative in how they interact with and assess students amid the epidemic of AI-powered cheating, putting pen and paper back in the spotlight.
According to a 2023 Intelligent survey, two-thirds – 66% – of high school and college teachers are now changing their roles in response to students’ AI use The Economist. Over three-quarters – 76% – said they now require or plan to require handwritten work, and 87% said they need or plan to…
