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Schools in England should be phone-free all day, education secretary says
Bridget Phillipson says pupils should not use mobiles at any point, as Ofsted prepares to inspect compliance UK politics live – latest updates Schools should be phone-free throughout the entire day, the education secretary has told headteachers in England, stressing that pupils should not use the devices even as calculators or for research. Bridget Phillipson…
UK accounting body to halt remote exams amid AI cheating
Candidates will have to sit assessments in person unless there are exceptional circumstances, says ACCA Business live – latest updates The world’s largest accounting body is to stop students being allowed to take exams remotely to crack down on a rise in cheating on tests that underpin professional qualifications. The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants…
Artificial intelligence research has a slop problem, academics say: ‘It’s a mess’
AI research in question as author claims to have written over 100 papers on AI that one expert calls a ‘disaster’ A single person claims to have authored 113 academic papers on artificial intelligence this year, 89 of which will be presented this week at one of the world’s leading conference on AI and machine…
‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI
Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent Students at the University of Staffordshire have said they feel “robbed of knowledge and enjoyment” after a course they hoped would launch their digital careers turned out to be taught in large part by AI. James and Owen were among…
Are we living in a golden age of stupidity?
From brain-rotting videos to AI creep, every technological advance seems to make it harder to work, remember, think and function independently … Step into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab in Cambridge, US, and the future feels a little closer. Glass cabinets display prototypes of weird and wonderful creations, from tiny desktop robots…
Six out of 10 UK secondary schools hit by cyber-attack or breach in past year
Hackers are more likely to target educational institutions than private businesses, government survey shows When hackers attacked UK nurseries last month and published children’s data online, they were accused of hitting a new low. But the broader education sector is well used to being a target. Continue reading…
Kido nursery hackers threaten to publish more children’s profiles
Criminals calling themselves Radiant say they will post additional private data online unless they are paid Hackers with pictures and the private information of thousands of nursery children have threatened to publish more material online unless they are paid. Criminals calling themselves Radiant hacked the UK-based Kido nursery chain and posted profiles of 10 children…
We are gen Z – and AI is our future. Will that be good or bad?
Our panel responds: the more we know about this technology, the more it is the source of hope and worry. We have views that must be heard • The panel was compiled by Sumaiya Motara and Saranka Maheswaran, interns on the Guardian’s positive action scheme Continue reading…