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ARTICLE · 30 AUGUST 2023

The ChatGPT takeover: the potential use (and misuse) of AI in education

Discusses limitations and opportunities of ChatGPT and legal issues that may arise from adopting AI in schools.

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Since the launch of ChatGPT at the end of 2022, it is increasingly clear that AI technologies and computer-generated works (including content produced by ChatGPT) are here to stay.

It isn't just ChatGPT either. AI art generators such as NightCafe are also gaining traction.

Recently, the Chrome web browser phone application was updated to include a 'homework helper' extension that will solve maths problems, with working, for you. Seemingly overnight, these technologies have become commonplace.

While AI may not replace most teachers, or doctors, or lawyers (yet!), many of us are working with these technologies already, or working towards implementing them. In education, much of the discussion has been around the potential misuse of AI chatbots or art generators - for instance, by university and school students 'cheating' by using them to produce assignments, essays, images, or even to just answer simple homework questions. This article discusses the limitations

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