<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An AI tool similar to ChatGPT will soon be rolled out in every public high school in South Australia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The custom-built program, Ed-Chat, is set to be used across the state by the start of term four. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Developed in conjunction with Microsoft, the Education Department's initiative aims to assist student learning and alleviate teacher workloads, incorporating safeguards to restrict access to inappropriate content.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/australia-climate-change-risk-assessment-property-impact/6278ac2c-1e4a-4a60-867b-66e761984ebf"><strong><span>Aussies staring down the barrel of $770 billion property catastrophe</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The program, accessible exclusively to high school students and staff, provides teachers with time-saving marking capabilities and offers students educational support outside of school hours. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I find it extremely helpful with managing year 11... it's a busy year," one student said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>However, the adoption rate has been varied. </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/educational-ai-tool-south-australia/8ec8741e-1640-484d-ac1e-0efc5c460066" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/baby-killed-fiveyearold-seriously-injured-after-crash-in-sydneys-southwest/297edd64-9d50-4577-89a0-411a59a77214"><strong><span>Baby killed, five-year-old seriously injured in car park crash</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Of the more than 10,000 students from 16 metropolitan and regional schools already trialling Ed-Chat, 41 per cent have used the technology, while teacher engagement stands at 36 per cent.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It is like using any sort of search tool on the internet, it's limited by the skill of the people using it," Adelaide Botanic High School principal Sarah Chambers. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"What we need to do is build that capacity."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>This article was produced with the assistance of</span></em><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/9express/16480c33-636a-461f-9c4f-d0e2522c722a"><em><span>9ExPress</span></em></a><em><span>.</span></em></div></div>