AI is reshaping what colleges expect from applicants, how research and coursework get evaluated, and which credentials actually hold up under scrutiny. Most counselors are being asked to navigate all of it with no reliable, non-sales-pitch source of information.

This live AMA gives you direct access to Dr. Nisha Talagala, a PhD computer scientist and 20+ year industry leader in AI and machine learning, to ask anything on your mind: how admissions offices are treating AI-assisted work, how to tell a legitimate student AI/research experience from a padded one, where AI as a field and a college major is actually heading, and what your students should understand before committing to it. She is also a parent whose daughter just graduated from high school in 2026, so she went through this process firsthand. No pitch, no script, just an open floor with someone who has spent her career inside this industry,…