RGU secures funding to develop new AI education tool

RGU will partner with Aberdeen Science Centre on Generative Artificial Intelligence Skills in Schools (GenAISiS), which aims to empower young people to understand the impact of Generative AI on their education and lives beyond the classroom.

It is one of a number of projects to secure a Collaboration Grant from Responsible AI UK (RAI UK) to help ensure AI is deployed in the best way possible by taking various aspects of this into consideration.

Dr Konstantina Martzoukou from RGU's School of Law and Social Sciences said: "We are delighted to have received funding for GenAISiS, a collaborative project that empowers young people to navigate Generative AI with confidence, creativity, and critical awareness.

"This is a major step toward ensuring every learner has the skills to thrive in an ethical and inclusive AI-shaped world."

Dr Martzoukou will work with PhD student Palika Vithana and Dr Pascal Ezenkwu from RGU's School of Computing, Engineering and Technology to create a sustainable training model for ethical AI education which is based around collaboration with the children playing a key role in the development of this material.

RAI UK has funded 11 new research projects through its Collaboration Grant, investing close to £200,000 to support collaborative research that helps ensure artificial intelligence is deployed safely, fairly, and effectively, and used in ways that benefit people, communities and the economy

Professor Gopal Ramchurn, RAI UK CEO said, "This collaboration grant is about building national capacity. By supporting short, focused projects that bring researchers together with practitioners and policymakers, we are helping ensure the UK's AI ambitions are matched by strong evidence, practical tools and real-world understanding."

Professor Bashar Nuseibeh, Chair RAI UK Research Pillar, said "These 11 projects demonstrate how the UK research community is building complementary collaboration partnerships within the UK and across the globe. The collaborations will address some key responsible AI research challenges, recognising that these challenges will require multi-disciplinary expertise that is geographically distributed.

"From protecting citizens from AI-driven harms to ensuring our NHS can adopt new technologies safely, and from teaching the next generation to think critically about AI to measuring its real-world impact on equality, these projects tackle the questions that matter most to communities, public services, and our national competitiveness."

As part of the project, Aberdeen Science Centre is hosting a series of sessions throughout February and March aimed at helping young people successfully navigate generative AI.