Chalkbeat: AI tools and student data: Teachers can endanger kids’ privacy without robust training

“Many of the risks posed by AI are similar to the ones other ed-tech tools already presented, but on a much larger scale,” said Calli Schroeder, Senior Counsel and Global Privacy Counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center. 

… But in many cases, both types of AI platforms incorporate the information users provide in their models. This means that when a different user accesses the platform, they might retrieve that piece of information and share it, according to Schroeder. 

… “I feel like this just falls into one of those weird gaps in people’s knowledge where they think, for some reason … that ChatGPT doesn’t really count as outside technology”, said Schroeder, from the Electronic Privacy Information Center. 

Even though “AI can be very helpful,” Schroeder said, “school districts need to be more explicit and address this topic to inform teachers.”

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