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German Schools and a City Hall Test AI Tools as Use Expands and Rules Lag

Privacy and accountability concerns shadow promising trials.

Overview

  • Schools in Hesse report widespread student use of ChatGPT for learning and exam prep, with teachers stressing critical review and structured guidance.
  • State chatbot Telli is now available free to Hessian schools and is billed as ChatGPT‑based without training on user inputs, though classroom experience remains limited despite initial teacher training.
  • Educators say AI helps with text revision and ideas but can produce errors, and they note misuse is hard to detect as automated detectors cannot replace in‑class assessment.
  • The city of Worms is piloting seven AI assistants developed by Satware, including the legal aide Justus, with about ten staff using them for rapid bureaucratic and legal queries while final decisions stay with humans.
  • Worms has not yet released a formal evaluation and other municipalities have inquired about the project, as experts urge data storage on German servers, clear internal policies, bias awareness, and verification of AI outputs.