AI explained

What is AI?

This explainer is part of SAVI School. Families comparing study options can read about self-paced GCSE learning, schools can read about online GCSE learning for schools, and both should check GCSE subject and exam-board coverage before assuming a subject is available. Artificial intelligence, or AI, is software that finds patterns in information. Some AI can answer questions, generate text or images, summarise ideas and suggest feedback. It does not think, understand or care in the way a person does, even when its answers sound confident and human.

How might SAVI use it?

SAVI may use AI to help explain a topic, create practice activities, suggest feedback or help our team improve learning content and support. People remain responsible for how these tools are used. AI must not make final safeguarding or other important decisions about you.

A feature should make it clear when you are interacting with AI. You can ask for human help if an answer is confusing, worrying or seems unfair.

AI can be wrong

AI sometimes invents facts, quotations, sources or calculations. It can repeat bias found in its training information and may not know about recent events. Before relying on an answer:

• check it against your course materials and trustworthy sources;
• ask where the information came from and verify the source yourself;
• work through calculations rather than copying the result; and
• ask a teacher or trusted adult when something is important or uncertain.

Keep personal information private

Do not put passwords, payment details, your address, private health information, safeguarding details or someone else's secrets into an AI prompt. What you type may be stored or processed by the company providing the tool.

Use fictional details if you need an example. If you accidentally share something sensitive, stop and tell a trusted adult. You can also contact us using the details below.

Use AI honestly

AI should help you learn, not do all the thinking for you. Follow your school's and exam board's rules. Do not submit AI-generated work as your own, use it during a test when it is not allowed, or use it to impersonate, bully or deceive someone. If AI helped with an assignment, say so in the way your teacher asks.

If something worries you

Stop the conversation and tell a trusted adult if AI shows sexual, violent, hateful or upsetting content, asks you to keep secrets, encourages dangerous behaviour, or makes you feel unsafe. Do not follow AI advice in an emergency. If someone is in immediate danger, call 999.

SAVI safeguarding concerns can be reported to Tim Savigar at tim.savigar@ai-build.ltd. Childline also offers free, confidential support on 0800 1111.

Your information and your choices

AI Build Group Ltd, trading as SAVI Education, is the controller of personal information used by SAVI Education. Company number: 17151645. Registered office: Unit 19 Castle Road, Sittingbourne ME10 3RG. AI Build Group Ltd is the data controller for the personal information processed through this service and is registered with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), registration number ZC244803. We keep personal information only for as long as needed for the purposes described, including legal, accounting, security and safeguarding duties, and then delete or anonymise it. How long a record is kept depends on what it is for — for example account data while the account is active, learning records while they remain needed for the learner or organisation, and safeguarding records for as long as welfare and legal duties require.

You can ask what information we hold about you, report an AI problem or ask for a person to review a concern. Contact kate.edu@ai-build.ltd. You can also read our privacy notice, full AI policy and safeguarding policy.