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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Sally Weale Education correspondent

Pupils in England are losing their thinking skills because of AI, survey suggests

A young girl uses an AI virtual assistant to do schoolwork
Almost of half of teachers in a poll by the National Education Union said they opposed AI tutoring for pupils. Photograph: Francesco Carta/Getty Images

Pupils using artificial intelligence are losing their capacity for critical thinking, according to a survey of secondary school teachers in England.

Two-thirds said they had observed the decline among children who they also said no longer felt the need to spell because of voice-to-text technology.

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