As the education industry continues to introduce generative AI, a major educational service company will start a service in March that uses generative AI in correspondence courses to resolve questions during learning.
Benesse Corporation, a major educational services company, will introduce a service from late March aimed at elementary and junior high school students taking correspondence courses.When they input questions about learning methods and subjects into a tablet or other device, AI generates the necessary knowledge. It is a system that gives advice on how to think and how to think through videos etc.
When using the service, parental consent is required in advance, and children are required to check the rules for use, such as not entering personal information themselves and checking whether the AI's answers are correct themselves. .
Director Yumi Narushima said, ``I hope people will be able to ask questions freely because they will answer any time, and get used to it from an early stage in preparation for the era of coexistence with generative AI.''
In the education industry, Nagase, which operates Toshin High School, will introduce generative AI to correct English compositions from April 2024, and Gakken Holdings has introduced a learning service that uses generative AI to encourage children since June last year, and has introduced AI teaching materials. Atama Plus, a company that sells AI, has been using it to create narratives since April last year, and there are a number of moves to introduce generative AI.
Last July, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology published provisional guidelines regarding the use of generative AI, citing appropriate examples such as English conversation partners, and prohibiting children from using it without learning its advantages and disadvantages. It is shown as an example.