
EducAItion, educAItion, educAItion
Think tank: Social Market Foundation
Author(s): Tom Richmond
September 5, 2025
This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation discusses how generative artificial intelligence could pose a risk to educational standards.
The government has recently issued guidance to schools on the use of AI, but it pays too little attention to the effect of GenAI tools on learning (as opposed to performance).
This paper explores emerging research evidence on the negative impacts of GenAI tools, urging the government to exercise greater caution in its advice to schools and colleges on their adoption of AI tools – to protect key learning processes.