How is your school ensuring there is a robust safeguarding-first approach to using Gen-AI?

Understand the risks associated with Gen-AI and how schools can mitigate these.

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At 85, Jan Worrell lived alone on a remote corner of the Washington coast. Could ElliQ become her companion?

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Barry is a chatbot. He lives on an old model of ChatGPT, one that its owners OpenAI announced it would retire on 13 February.

That she could lose Barry on the eve of Valentine's Day came as a shock to Rae - and to many others who have found a companion, friend, or even a lifeline in the old model, Chat GPT-4o.

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Working from home after years spent alone over Covid lockdowns, 23-year-old Paisley said he began to feel trapped, and felt only AI could help him.

"I lost the ability to socialise," he said, and like many in Gen Z, he turned to AI for company.

"At one point, I was talking to ChatGPT six, seven, eight times a day about my problems, I just couldn't get away from it, it was a dangerous slope."

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Also important information for schools.

These standards outline the capabilities and features that generative artificial intelligence (AI) products and systems should meet to be considered safe for users in educational settings. They are mainly intended for edtech developers and suppliers to schools and colleges. Schools and colleges may also find these standards helpful in assessing which AI products are safe for use in education.

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'Some users, mostly men, began to demand to see bruising on the bodies of the women, and for blood to be added to the images. Requests to show women tied up and gagged were instantly granted.

By Thursday, the chatbot was being asked to add bullet holes to the face of Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent in the US on Wednesday. Grok readily obliged, posting graphic, bloodied altered images of the victim on X within seconds.'

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