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The European Union is moving to regulate financial influencers on social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram to mitigate risks associated with digital financial advice.
The initiative will cover all 28 schools in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, involving approximately 40 second-grade primary school classes.
Generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Character.AI have become a daily routine for many teenagers, serving as companions for advice and venting. While these tools can offer support for those who fear judgment, they lack true empathy and can provide inaccurate or dangerous information. The article argues that instead of banning these technologies, parents should focus on digital literacy, teaching children to distinguish between algorithmic responses and genuine human relationships.
Preventing sexting requires digital literacy and an open conversation between parents and children that encourages critical thinking about self-protection, respect in interpersonal relationships, and empathy. Opinion by Vera Ramalho.
Daron Acemoglu argues that artificial intelligence reduces people's motivation to seek out specific information, and that this will have a negative effect on humanity's general knowledge.
Computer engineer Duarte Miguel Freitas explains how technological evolution now allows for “super realistic” content, making it very difficult to verify whether it is fake or not. “Nowadays I can no longer just believe, I have to confirm,” he summarises.
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Investment in continuous training, a focus on digital literacy during preschool, and the development of social and human management skills are the three main pillars required for employment in the coming years. This vision regarding future qualifications was shared this Tuesday by leaders from the Instituto Superior Técnico, Nova SBE, and the association...
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The greater risk is not that technology will think for us. It's that we give up thinking about it. Opinion piece by Pedro Patacho
Students will continue to use AI; they will just do so covertly, without any framework, without literacy and without ethics. Opinion by Nelson Zagalo
Please don't blame AI for the world's ills. After all, don't we want students to be fully rounded citizens in a world where AI is increasingly a day-to-day tool? Opinion by Mário A. Barbosa
Teachers and students reject the proposed ban on artificial intelligence in educational settings contained in a manifesto published over the weekend.
Launch in Lisbon brings together national and international experts to discuss digital literacy and the prevention of hate speech. The video campaign will be distributed via social media.
The four-week intensive programme comprises five modules and awards 1 ECTS credit per module, promoting digital literacy in the field of blockchain in Portugal.
