Children ask voice-activated ChatGPT: Are you a boy or a girl?

A child using voice activation to ask EdGPT questions at ChildFirst @ King Albert Park on March 3, 2023. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
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SINGAPORE – Education company Ednovation is using ChatGPT and its own child-friendly version of the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot across its pre-schools in Singapore and other Asian countries.

The move comes after successful pilot projects in February in its local pre-schools, where five- and six-year-olds co-created a children’s book and asked Ednovation’s new chatbot, called EdGPT, questions such as: “Are you a boy or a girl?”

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