Tu hijo le pide ayuda a ChatGPT con su tarea. Segundos después, aparece la respuesta. Es segura, detallada y muy convincente. Pero ¿sabrá tu hijo si realmente es correcta? La inteligencia artificial está cambiando rápidamente la forma en que los niños aprenden, investigan y realizan sus tareas escolares. Están creciendo en un mundo donde la información aparece al instante, a menudo generada por herramientas de IA que suenan 100 % convincentes, incluso cuando están equivocadas. Para los...

Sir Peter Wanless is the former CEO of the UK charity the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), which he led from 2013 to 2024. The NSPCC, which raises about £125 million a year, employs around 1,500 people across the UK with about 8,000 volunteers. Through Childline, a 24/7 helpline for any child who has a worry or a concern, the NSPCC offers around 200,000 one-to-one counselling sessions a year as well as a host of web-based resources.

Often parents think the most important learning in a child’s life happens when the stakes are highest: in the run up to exams and university admissions. Developmental scientists beg to differ.