With the rapid progress of AI, smart education is playing an important role in transforming higher education. It takes full advantage of its own data analysis ability, pattern recognition capability, and personalized recommendation capability to infiltrate every link in university courses. According to the realistic backdrop of intelligent education, this paper reviews some common application scenarios of AI in university teaching from a practical standpoint, discussing both how it can help with teaching effectiveness and personalized learning, as well as making more reasonable decisions based on facts; however, it will also touch upon problems like technological maturity issues, teachers being unable to adapt, protecting one's private information from being misused due to the lack of data protection measures and humanistic value losses. improvement. This article holds that AI integrates into universities' teachings where people are cultivated first and technology second, so as to promote positive interaction between tech and education through enhancing teachers’ digital competence and creating a favorable data environment while retaining educational warmth.