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DepEd: AI in basic education to protect learners, foster human-centered innovations

Rappler covers the DepEd–DOST and NAICRI launch, where the department set out how AI in basic education will prepare learners for an AI-common future while keeping its use safe, fair, and responsible.

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Education Secretary Sonny Angara at the DepEd, DOST, and NAICRI launch on artificial intelligence integration

Summary

Rappler's Victor Barreiro Jr. reports on the launch of the Department of Education's artificial intelligence integration work with the Department of Science and Technology and the National AI Center for Research and Innovation. DepEd wants Filipino students ready for a future in which AI is commonplace, while making sure the technology is used safely, fairly, and responsibly. The coverage sets out the department's human-centered framing for AI in basic education and the safeguards intended to protect learners as tools reach classrooms.

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