With 100 million active users in January 2023, just two months after its launch, ChatGPT is now considered the fastest-growing consumer internet application. This popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, developed by OpenAI, has brought a “tsunami effect” of changes to education (García-Peñalvo, 2023). Users as young as 13, with parent or guardian permission, can now use the application to generate complete essays in seconds. Unsurprisingly, other companies are developing similar AI language models, such as Google’s Bart or Microsoft’s Sydney, to rival ChatGPT.
The rapid emergence of AI applications leaves little doubt that the use of AI will continue to expand, presenting formidable challenges to educators, who must find ways to teach students to use such tools responsibly and effectively.
