Member

I was a member of Sir Anthony Seldon’s Institute for Ethical AI in Education, whose advisory board I chaired. The noble Lord, Lord Knight, was an extremely valuable member of that advisory board but that was some years ago—back in 2019 or 2020, I think. We have not moved much further on the kinds of guidance that are needed in the world of AI and data in schools. The Minister may say that thinking about this is premature, but we need to ratchet up the speed if we are really going to grapple with this issue. Schools are already grappling with it: AI tools are now commonplace. We must seize this and we must make sure that there is a code on which schools can rely.