Chatbots for children: China grapples with how to teach use and ethics of AI in schools
A total of 31 per cent of respondents used AI tools to understand the questions and help learn the subject, while 28 per cent said they used the tools for information gathering and compilation.
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Most of the students who admitted AI use said they used the chatbots in Chinese language, mathematics, and English, according to the article published in the magazine on February 19.
In recent weeks, local governments and entrepreneurs scrambled to integrate DeepSeek in their operations. Major universities also rolled out courses to train their students on how to use the tool.
However, when it comes to primary and secondary education, educators and parents are still figuring out how to teach children to use the new technology ethically, and in a way that will not jeopardise the development of children’s cognitive skills. For example, a primary school in Beijing asked students to use AI to compose Lunar New Year greetings on spring couplets.