UNESCO presented its first set of recommendations on using generative AI in education on Thursday, encouraging governmental organisations to control the application of the technology.
The world’s fastest-growing app to date is the GenAI chatbot ChatGPT, and its introduction triggered the production of competitors like Google’s Bard.
Students also like GenAI, which can produce essays and mathematical calculations from only a few lines of instruction.
“We are struggling to align the speed of transformation of the education system to the speed of the change in technological progress and advancement in these machine learning models,” assistant director-general for education, Stefania Giannini, told Reuters.
UNESCO emphasised the need for government-approved AI curricula for school education, in technical and vocational education and training, among other recommendations in a 64-page report.
“GenAI providers should be held responsible for ensuring adherence to core values and lawful purposes, respecting intellectual property, and upholding ethical practices, while also preventing the spread of disinformation and hate speech,” UNESCO said.
The Paris-based organisation also aimed to defend the rights of educators and academics as well as the worth of their work when applying GenAI.
