For GCSEs and A-levels, students might be permitted to use ChatGPT.

Prior to the summer exams, rules for using AI will be developed.

    Proposals being discussed in Whitehall would allow GCSE and A-Level pupils to utilize ChatGPT in their assignments.

Examinees are collaborating with the government to create guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence before this summer's tests (AI).

There have been worries that students would write essays using popular chatbots like ChatGPT.
Pearson, the largest credentials company in the UK, is one of the organizations asking ministers to clarify Britain's position on the new technology.

According to Andy Bird, CEO of Pearson, "We're in close contact with the Department for Education in terms of crafting policy, and I think you should expect news from the government in the future about creating standards around it.

It is anticipated that the Joint Council for Qualifications, which represents the eight biggest exam boards in the UK, will soon express its opinion on the subject. Yet the governing body Ofqual will determine the rules.

The International Baccalaureate (IB), which offers an alternative to A-Level, states that students may use ChatGPT to help with essay writing as long as they fully credit the computer program when utilizing its suggestions.

For GCSEs and A-levels, students might be permitted to use ChatGPT.

Conversely, Oxford and Cambridge universities have also banned the use of AI in assignments and exams due to worries about plagiarism.

Schools and institutions are demanding from the government clear guidelines and instructions to prevent confusion during this year's exams.

The company that owns Edexcel and distributes GCSEs, A-Levels, and BTECs, Pearson, is reportedly eager to use the new technology.

A source close to the company questioned the viability of a total ban and referred to the IB's plan as a "decent midway house".

Researchers in the US have used ChatGPT to assist them to pass crucial legal and medical tests, raising questions about cheating.

Schools have also been considering whether to change the assignments to prevent kids from cheating on their homework. A warning has been issued by the head of Alleyn's, a prestigious school in south London, that the chatbot could jeopardize the profitability of usual after-school assignments.

Nonetheless, some academics disagree with outlawing the technology, arguing that it might help students if utilized properly.

Students at Russell Group universities, including Warwick, are free to "leverage and learn from" ChatGPT at any time.

Pearson has already identified exam cheating using AI, which highlights contradictory responses for human examiners to review.

Also, it has started to publish textbooks on the use of AI in fields like marketing and medicine.

Mr. Bird stated, "We want to do this very properly and very thoughtfully.

"We're already thinking about the prospects that ChatGPT-3 and other generative AI generations will present for our company."

It follows calls for the UK to develop a "sovereign" AI bot that could be used by the CIA, Whitehall, and the NHS to reduce dependency on foreign IT behemoths like Microsoft.

The Alan Turing Institute, the nation's leading AI organization, has backed the idea along with former British Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair and members of the Government's Artificial Intelligence Council.

An Ofqual representative said in response to the demand for guidance on AI use that "we are working with exam boards, the Government for Education, and others in the education sector."

"The objective of the guidance will be to ensure that schools, colleges, and students are aware that it is unethical for students to use artificial intelligence systems to produce work that they later pass off as their own.

Cheating is unacceptable, and the consequences might be severe, such as being disqualified from receiving a certificate. It will be published this semester.