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It is almost a year since ChatGPT burst onto the scene, fuelling great excitement as well as concern about what it might mean for education . The changes keep coming. Earlier in the year MyAI was embedded into social media platform Snapchat. This is a chatbot powered by ChatGPT, which encourages teens to ask anything - from gift suggestions for friends to questions about homework. Meanwhile, Microsoft is rolling out " Copilot " on its systems, billed as an "everyday AI companion". This follows the introduction of " Bing Chat ", an AI-enhanced assistant to accompany the Bing search tool. All of a sudden, generative artificial intelligence - which ...

The use of ChatGPT and other Artificial Intelligence (AI) programs in schools has become a hot topic of late, with parents and educators concerned about the potential impacts on students. By Phyllis Stylianou , P&C Federation Communications Manager. While much of the debate has centered on cheating and its effect on students’ ability to learn the skill of crafting and writing their own thoughts, UNSW Professor Leslie Loble is also concerned about equality of access to the technology. Professor Loble, who served for 20 years as Deputy Secretary of the NSW Department of Education until 2020, said there was potential for learning applications ...