Schools AI framework to grant students access to ChatGPT

Students would be allowed to use generative AI tools like ChatGPT for assessments under a draft framework developed by a taskforce of experts to guide the safe and ethical use of the technology in Australian schools.

But the framework has also foreshadowed changes to assessments in order to preserve academic integrity and ensure evaluation of student performance, skills and knowledge remains “fair and unbiased”.

The draft framework, released for consultation on Friday, is the result of four months of work by the Education Ministers AI in Schools Taskforce,…