Children should be allowed to use ChatGPT to help with their homework, the Science Secretary said.
tool to help with schoolwork as long as pupils were supervised while doing so.
to concerns around the introduction of electronic calculators.
On Monday, Sir Keir Starmer will vow that the Government will not let the opportunity from AI “slip through its fingers”, and will embrace the technology.
The Prime Minister will adopt all 50 of his AI adviser’s recommendations, including building a new supercomputer strong enough to play itself at chess half a million times a second.
There will also be a promise to create new so-called “AI-growth zones” with incentives to attract AI companies. The first will be established in Culham, Oxfordshire.
‘AI could turbo-charge pupils’
Mr Kyle was asked during an appearance on BBC One’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg whether it was “okay for kids to use ChatGPT to do their homework?”
that is using language is already being used across the economy.”
Pressed again on whether that was really the correct approach, Mr Kyle said: “I am of an age where I remember this conversation about calculators.
and integrate it into their learning development.
and other AI assistance could really turbo-charge [them] and give them a challenge they’re not getting in other places.
“In the same classroom, you could have kids with neurological barriers to learning that could have their innate barriers overcome and assisted within the same classroom.
“We need to help people use this, but it should never be a replacement for the expertise of teaching. That is the key thing we need to get right.”
Ministers are preparing to open up NHS health data to tech companies as part of the drive, the Times reported.
Mr Kyle told the newspaper the health service would “always be in control of data and how it is used and who has access to it”.
But he insisted: “If we do it (carefully), it will mean that Britain is not just at the forefront, but in the forefront in a very considerable way, when it comes to using digital technology for scientific advancement, creating vaccines, preventative measures for health and medical solutions to long term chronic expensive challenges such as diabetes and Alzheimer’s.”
‘We must move fast’
The Government will launch its AI Action Plan this coming week, with ministers hoping the UK is in the “sweet spot” between tightly regulating Europe and a more hands-off US.
ChatGPT is a tool powered by AI that allows someone to type in a request or question and get a written response from the computer program almost immediately.
from coming up with recipe ideas based on ingredients in the fridge to summarising historical events or explaining mathematical theories.
online.
British ministers are wrestling with the challenges of harnessing the potential for AI while also creating a regulatory framework to ensure safety and security.
Some in Whitehall see the UK as well positioned with Donald Trump, the president-elect, and his tech-boss supporters seeking to keep regulation on AI loose, while the European Union adopts stricter rules and regulations than in the UK.
Sir Keir will announce that £14 billion and 13,250 jobs have been committed by private leading tech firms following the Government’s AI Action Plan.
Sir Keir will say: “Artificial Intelligence will drive incredible change in our country. From teachers personalising lessons, to supporting small businesses with their record-keeping, to speeding up planning applications, it has the potential to transform the lives of working people.
“But the AI industry needs a government that is on their side, one that won’t sit back and let opportunities slip through its fingers. And in a world of fierce competition, we cannot stand by. We must move fast and take action to win the global race.
“Our plan will make Britain the world leader. It will give the industry the foundation it needs and will turbocharge the Plan for Change. That means more jobs and investment in the UK, more money in people’s pockets, and transformed public services.
“That’s the change this government is delivering.”
The 50 recommendations being accepted have been proposed by Matt Clifford, a British entrepreneur who is advising the government on AI.
Speaking to Sky News’s Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips, Mr Kyle also acknowledged that AI could cause some “disruption”.
“There will be disruption caused by AI going forward, but you are right that it will also create a lot of new jobs,” the Science Secretary said.
“And if it’s used wisely it will make workers’ lives in the workplace much more efficient, effective and satisfying. Some of the mundane tasks will be taken care of.”
He added: “We want to make sure that everyone from every background uses this technology safety – and safety is baked in at the outset – but we fully explore the potential.”
‘Back towards harmful content’
Meanwhile, Mr Kyle has insisted that Facebook and X will be made to continue to follow the UK’s online safety laws.
It comes after Ian Russell, the father of a 14-year-old girl who took her own life after seeing harmful content online, said Britain was “going backwards” with regard to internet safety.
In a letter to the Prime Minister, Mr Russell said Elon Musk, owner of X, and Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s owner, were “at the leading edge of a wholesale recalibration of the industry”.
He said that under Mr Zuckerberg, Facebook was moving towards a “laissez-faire, anything-goes model” and “back towards the harmful content that Molly [his daughter] was exposed to”.
Mr Kyle told the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg: “There is one thing that has not changed and that is the law of this land and the determination of this Government to keep everyone safe.”
He added: “Access to the British society and economy is a privilege, it is not a right.
“If you come and operate in this country you abide by the law, and the law says illegal content must be taken down.”
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