Illustration: Midjourney and Nano Banana 2 Misinformation AI in the 2026 Election Campaign AI has become a central part of the modern election campaign. From humorous AI videos and chatbot recommendations to deepfakes and digital campaign assistants, the technology is changing the way voters encounter politics. Per Størup Lauridsen • 9 min read
Artificial intelligence The Huxley–Gödel Machine: When AI Learns to Learn and Challenges How We Teach Researchers at KAUST have unveiled a new kind of AI that can rewrite and improve its own code. Called the Huxley–Gödel Machine, it represents a pivotal step toward a form of intelligence that not only learns, but learns how to learn. Per Størup Lauridsen • 11 min read
Artificial intelligence STUK publishes recommendations on AI for upper secondary schools and basic subjects in vocational education and training This article has been machine-translated into English. Therefore, there may be nuances or errors in the content. The Danish version is always up-to-date and accurate. Read the original Danish article here. Styrelsen for Undervisning og Kvalitet (the Danish Agency for Education and Quality, STUK) today published new Per Størup Lauridsen • 3 min read
Informatics Shared Knowledge and Philosophy of Science: Challenges in an Era of Generative Artificial Intelligence As generative artificial intelligence, powered by large language models like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, or Copilot, becomes an increasingly integrated part of everyday life in educational institutions Claus Scheuer-Larsen • 9 min read
Education policy Artificial intelligence and grading in high school: opportunities and pitfalls In a new bachelor's project from Aalborg University, three students have focused on using artificial intelligence in grading at upper secondary schools. In a debate article in Politiken (behind a paywall), they describe how they carried out an experiment in which 119 secondary school teachers had to assess Per Størup Lauridsen • 9 min read
Image generated with Midjourney GDPR Meta will use your old Facebook posts to train AI without your consent This article has been machine-translated into English. Therefore, there may be nuances or errors in the content. The Danish version is always up-to-date and accurate. Read the original Danish article here. Updated 22 April 2025 Meta resumes AI training on EU data – users must decide Meta has Per Størup Lauridsen • 9 min read
Image generated in Midjourney. Newsletters This Week's News: AI Favors Left-Leaning Political Views This article has been machine-translated into English. Therefore, there may be nuances or errors in the content. The Danish version is always up-to-date and accurate. Read the original Danish article here. Last week, attention centred on the recently concluded European Parliament election. DR’s podcast, Prompt, looked Per Størup Lauridsen • 9 min read
Newsletters This Week's News: Expert Group's Recommendations Published This article has been machine-translated into English. Therefore, there may be nuances or errors in the content. The Danish version is always up-to-date and accurate. Read the original Danish article here. This week we focus on the recommendations from Tesfaye's expert group on ChatGPT and Per Størup Lauridsen • 13 min read
Elementary school What should generative language models be used for in teaching? In an opinion piece in the trade magazine Folkeskolen, CFU consultant Mikkel Aslak Koudal Andersen writes that it is time for schools and teachers to start relating to generative language models, to create their own experiences and to talk to each other and with students about the groundbreaking technology. In Christian Strøm Lau • 5 min read
Ethics Ethical aspects of chatbots in education - the uncanny valley of the mind Maybe you've even tried writing thanks for a response from ChatGPT? Or maybe you've received an apology when you've pointed out that it made a mistake? Or maybe you've sat in a deep conversation and felt like it's like writing Per Størup Lauridsen • 15 min read
Det er muligt at anvende ChatGPTs som historiefortæller i informatikfaget. ChatGPT ChatGPT as a storyteller: the impact of IT systems in informatics In informatics, students produce various digital products (referred to in the curriculum as "IT systems"). However, the course also includes an academic goal, where students must learn to reflect on how digital has affected and still affects us: The student must be able to provide examples of how Rune Schmidt • 7 min read
Generative AI - Text AutoGPT - Towards Independent AI Agents in Education We've already seen several examples of how ChatGPT can be used in education, but it's been exclusively through OpenAI's website. However, the challenge is that one has to write messages and wait for ChatGPT to respond constantly. Here, you have to interpret what is Per Størup Lauridsen • 11 min read
Opinion piece Seriously, I’m Too Old For This “CHAT”! ChatGPT – Love it? Hate it? Still wondering what it is? This open AI language model chatbot was launched in November 2022 and has been changing the world one chat at a time! And since its release, newer versions and other players have been added to the AI Chat traffic. And Jennifer E. Burke-Hansen • 7 min read
Billede lavet af Midjourney Bias Gender bias when generative AI writes texts A lot has been written about bias challenges in language models, and in this article, we will explore how ChatGPT portrays different jobs with a very clear gender stereotype bias. The article examines the GPT models in different versions and finally examines Microsoft Bing. In this article, we call the Claus Scheuer-Larsen • 6 min read
Ethics 6 tips for ethical use of artificial intelligence in education Artificial intelligence is now found in many different teaching materials, and here, you, as a teacher, should make several ethical considerations before introducing AI in teaching. Therefore, in this article, we have gathered some good advice on how to select tools for teaching on an ethical basis. 1. Does it Per Størup Lauridsen • 12 min read
Education policy BETT 2023: UK Education Secretary wants AI into schools In the opening speech at Bett, the British Secretary of State for Education, Gillian Keegan, spoke of all UK schools raising their standards in technology, including improving Internet connections and WiFi across the country. Then, she talked about artificial intelligence and its role in the future of education. She called Per Størup Lauridsen • 3 min read
Artificial intelligence BETT 2023: Artificial intelligence at the world's largest education fair This viden.ai, we have gone to BETT to investigate how far the implementation of artificial intelligence in education is progressing. BETT is a major international education fair in London, with exhibitors worldwide and over 40,000 visiting guests. Beforehand, we knew companies had not had time to work with Per Størup Lauridsen • 4 min read
Copyright Khan Academy ChatGPT AI as a personal learning assistant In parallel with the debate on the use of AI in education and the possibility of cheating, how generative systems can support learning by acting as tutors or learning assistants has been investigated. The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI recently held a conference on AI and education. Although planning Malte von Sehested • 5 min read
Foto: Midjourney Ethics Ethical aspects of chatbots in education - transition to automation ethics This article will look at automation ethics, which briefly addresses the possibilities and issues of artificial intelligence supporting or completely taking over human decisions. In the past, we have looked at ethical dilemmas about privacy and how schools and publishers can build knowledge databases with the new technology. Here, challenges Per Størup Lauridsen • 8 min read
Kilde: Microsoft Artificial intelligence Microsoft 365 Copilot - AI assistant built into the Office suite Artificial intelligence is the big thing right now, and Microsoft is not holding back after OpenAI has launched GPT-4 (Read our review here). Today, Microsoft has presented its next big venture with artificial intelligence, the AI assistant Copilot for Office 365. Access has not yet been opened for other Per Størup Lauridsen • 3 min read
ChatGPT GPT-4 pushes the boundaries of artificial intelligence in education OpenAI has just (Tuesday 14/3-2023 at 18.00 CET) released version 4 of ChatGPT, and again, it pushes the boundaries of what is possible for language models. Viden.ai've gained access to ChatGPT-4 and have tested a lot myself, but since we only have 100 Per Størup Lauridsen • 5 min read
Ethics Ethical aspects of using chatbots in education – Focus on privacy In Viden.ai, we have spent much time writing about how the teacher can investigate whether a text is written by the chatbots or the student himself. Plagiarism and cheating are what everyone across the education system is talking about at the moment - from the individual teacher, who daily feels Per Størup Lauridsen • 5 min read
Bing Search AI Bing Search, with artificial intelligence, integrates into Windows 11 - What will it mean for teaching didactics and learning processes? Microsoft strives to integrate artificial intelligence into as many products as possible. Until now, the service has only been available using a browser, such as a browser. Edge, if you are one of the lucky ones who have gained access. But now, the new version of Bing with artificial intelligence Per Størup Lauridsen • 6 min read
Generative AI - Sound The boundaries between music and artificial intelligence - It lacks the nerve! This article is a little different from what we publish on this page, as it is based on a question from a fan of singer Nick Cave in 2019 on his blog The Red Hand Files. Here, Cave was asked if AI could ever write a good song. Meanwhile, another Per Størup Lauridsen • 10 min read
Artificial intelligence Debate: Is artificial intelligence an environmental culprit or a sustainable solution? Artificial intelligence is one of the most debated topics in technology in the second half of January 2023. Much has been written about how artificial intelligence can improve our lives and streamline our everyday lives, for better or worse. As with all digital technologies, there are also environmental consequences of Claus Scheuer-Larsen • 13 min read
Professionalism Collaborative Creative Writing in English with OpenAI Playground. In this article, we will attempt to write a short story with OpenAI Playground. We kindly ask OpenAI Playground to be our ghostwriter for a short story about settlers in the USA. First, we politely ask if OpenAI would be our ghostwriter: From now on I want you to pretend Claus Scheuer-Larsen • 4 min read
Billede af Midjourney - Outpainting af DALL-E Plagiarism check Plagiarism and ChatGPT – How to Detect the Use of AI in Written Assignments? In the education system, we are challenged by ChatGPT's new opportunities. Students use it extensively in their written work for idea generation and auxiliary tools. However, some use it uncritically and submit texts written by artificial intelligence as their work. It is very difficult for teachers to figure Per Størup Lauridsen • 9 min read
ChatGPT GPT-4: A gamechanger for artificial intelligence? If the rumors are true, GPT-4 will be released during spring 2023. Some believe the model has up to 100 trillion parameters, about 500 times as many as GPT-3, which had "only" 175 billion parameters. If this turns out to be true, GPT-4 will be Per Størup Lauridsen • 4 min read
Foto: Midjourney med prompt: Deep learning --v 4. Skaleret op via DALL-E 2 Artificial intelligence What exactly is artificial intelligence? This article defines artificial intelligence, neural networks, machine learning, deep learning, and algorithms. One definition of artificial intelligence is: "Machines that can think and perform tasks that normally require human intelligence." Artificial intelligence is when computers using mathematical models and patterns learned through data analysis can simulate human Claus Scheuer-Larsen • 4 min read
ChatGPT OpenAI Playground: ChatGPT alternative with more options and freer framework Everyone is falling on their tails over ChatGPT and the opportunities offered by the new artificial intelligence. The students have already embraced and used it extensively in teaching - both for idea generation and to help understand tasks. However, some find reining in the new technology difficult and are caught in Per Størup Lauridsen • 6 min read
