Applications and Challenges of Generative Artificial Intelligence Enabling Critical Thinking Development in International Undergraduate Education

In today's fast-changing information-exploding era, developing students' critical thinking has become one of the most important tasks in international undergraduate education. Generative AI can simulate human creativity and imagination, providing brand-new resources and tools for critical thinking development. This paper details the application of generative AI technology in providing intelligent teaching resources, implementing personalized learning tutoring, promoting interdisciplinary integrated learning, cultivating the spirit of questioning and reforming assessment methods, etc. It also points out that the application of this intelligent technology in the teaching process is also facing the main challenges of data bias and false information, data privacy and security, and the enhancement of teachers' application ability, and gives specific countermeasures. Therefore, this paper aims to provide a useful reference for international undergraduate education practice and promote the integration of generative AI technology to empower students' critical thinking development.