Higher Education: Artificial Intelligence

(asked on 10th January 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) ChatGPT and (b) other artificial intelligence software on the academic integrity of higher education courses.


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Robert Halfon
This question was answered on 18th January 2023

The department is mindful of the rapid technological change in this area, which is why the Office for Artificial Intelligence (AI) is developing an agile and adaptable regulatory framework for AI, which will use a test-and-learn approach to ensure their regulatory approach remains flexible and relevant.

The department has already taken decisive action to tackle provision of cheating services with new legislation enacted in June 2022 as part of the Skills and Post-16 Education Act. Deterring, detecting and addressing academic cheating and misconduct remain a high priority for the government. The department will work with the Office for Students and the Office for AI to build our understanding of the potential risks posed to higher education standards by assistive tools, such as ChatGPT and other forms of AI software. The department will keep our programme of measures under review to ensure we identify the best means to tackle them.

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