The education ministry is considering creating guidelines for schools on the use of ChatGPT, a conversational artificial intelligence tool capable of generating natural sentences in response to questions, according to sources.
Concerns have grown as ChatGPT can create book reviews and other reports instantly, prompting the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry to list concerning cases in Japan and abroad and to present points to keep in mind.
ChatGPT was released free to the public by a U.S. startup last November. Since then, its use has spread rapidly. While such AI tools are expected to improve business efficiency, there have been concerns in Japan and overseas that it may have adverse effects on education.
