Speakers at the 2025 Going Global conference look into how to capitalise on AI while managing the risks

The use of artificial intelligence in higher education is "becoming very dangerous", according to David Lefevre, Professor of Practice (Digital Innovation) at the Imperial College Business School in the UK: "We are asking students to use AI as a tool to become better at what they are doing, but whatever AI tells them as a final product, they think they have done it themselves, which is a big problem."

Speaking at the 2025 Going Global conference held in London from 28/10 to 30/10, he added: "There are also many teachers who have not upgraded themselves to the use of AI. Teachers are actually lagging in adopting technology".

He continued: "We need to fix those issues because otherwise we won't have a skilled workforce at the end, only people who cannot come up with ideas. Our wisdom here is how to use information, knowledge or AI in a way that wisdom is created from it."

Also participating in the AI discussion, William Mutero, Director of the Centre for Inclusive Digital Transformation of Africa, based in Rwanda, highlighted inequalities in the use of AI, especially in the African…