UNESCO urgently calls on governments around the world to regulate generative AI ChatGPT at school, with an age limit of 13, among other measures.
As students head back to school, UNESCO urges governments to quickly regulate the use of generative AI in education. To guide this approach, the United Nations institution published this Thursday, September 7 the first Global Guide for Generative Artificial Intelligence in Education and Research. The guide recommends an age limit of 13 for the use of AI in the classroom and provides specific training for teachers. It builds on previous recommendations on AI ethics and aims to promote human intervention, inclusion and fairness.
An age limit of 13 years, for the good of our children
UNESCO is therefore urging governments around the world to adopt strict regulations regarding the use of generative AI in schools. The initiative aims to ensure a human-centered approach when integrating these technologies into education. “ Generative AI can be a tremendous opportunity for human developmentexplains the director general of UNESCO and former minister Audrey Azoulay, but it can also be the source of damage and harm. »
The organization is launching its very first Global Guide to Generative AI. The document aims to provide essential guidelines for the ethical use of this artificial intelligence, taking into account concerns about its impact on education.
Among the key recommendations in this guide, setting an age limit of 13 for the use of AI tools in classrooms stands out. The measure obviously aims to protect students and guarantee responsible use of technology.
The need to train teachers
In addition to the age limit, the guide also calls for specific training for teachers so that they can integrate generative AI in an ethical way into their teaching. This step is considered crucial by UNESCO, to maximize the benefits of this technology and better support adolescents in learning this technology.
The guide is aligned with the principles of ethics, as we said, but also of inclusion, equity, gender equality, and cultural and linguistic diversity. It also encourages human intervention in the use of generative artificial intelligence, so that humans always retain valuable control over this technology.
But as generative AI continues to evolve rapidly, UNESCO stresses the need for proper regulation to maintain the balance between innovation and student protection. In any case, the guide has just been launched this Thursday, September 7, on the sidelines of UNESCO’s Digital Learning Week, in which a certain Yann LeCun, the Frenchman and Mr. IA of the giant Meta, participates.
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