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Human teaching must be at ‘heart of schools’ amid concerns over artificial intelligence, a headteacher says

TEACHER-led education must be at the “heart of schools amid concerns over invidious and dangerous” artificial intelligence (AI), a head teacher warned today.

Epsom College head Sir Anthony Seldon said that plagiarism and deepfakes could cause “moral damage” to young people.

His intervention followed last week’s warning from more than 60 education figures in the Times newspaper that schools are “bewildered” by the rate of AI-induced change. 

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