Generative AI
Resources, guidance, training and information for schools and the wider school community about how generative AI works.
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What you need to know
Generative AI (Gen AI) is a type of artificial intelligence that generates content, including text, images and audio. These models learn from existing data to create original content based on patterns.
Gen AI is increasingly integrated into smart devices and many popular apps and services we use daily. Examples include chatbot interactions or AI algorithms (lists of instructions) tailoring your social media feed and curating the type of information you see based on your previous online history.
Although Gen AI systems can process and analyse vast amounts of data to identify patterns and make predictions, they lack the ability to think and understand context as humans do. Responses may be biased inaccurate or harmful. Data and privacy risks are also key considerations. As we embrace the exciting possibilities Gen AI offers, it is important to consider the potential risks and think critically about its limitations so we can become responsible and ethical users.
Welsh Government guidance
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Generative artificial intelligence in education: opportunities and considerations for schools and settings
Guidance to support schools and settings in their considerations of how to integrate generative AI responsibly and safely.
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Generative AI: keeping learners safe online guidance
Guidance for schools on safeguarding concerns around generative AI and how to embed as part of safeguarding practice and policy.
AI training and events
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AI foundations online training module
A training module for education practitioners about what AI is, how it might impact education and ways to support learners safely and responsibly.
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Further AI events
Check the events page for the latest free training opportunities or events.
Learning and teaching resources
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Curriculum for Wales learning activities
These activities can support practitioners to explore with learners the impacts of AI.
Information for children and young people
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Advice for children and young people: online issues and worries
A video and information for children and young people to access independently, which explains how generative AI works, some risks to be aware of and ways to interact with this technology responsibly and safely.
Information for families
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Generative AI
A guide for parents and carers about how generative AI is increasingly integrated into smart devices and online services, highlighting some of the potential risks.
Views from the experts
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Artificial Intelligence implications for children and young people
(Jenna Khanna, Director of Education and Partnerships, Common Sense Media UK). Jenna reflects on some of the concerns around AI technologies and what be done to help children think critically about how we can all be responsible and ethical users of AI.