Russia Considers Limiting AI Use in Education

A working group is developing rules for AI use in education.

A working group under the Federation Council is developing “sanitary rules” for the use of neural networks in universities and schools. This was reported to Vedomosti by Natalya Kaspersky, chair of Infowatch and board member of the ARPP.

According to her, the initiative aims to curb the thoughtless application of artificial intelligence in the social sphere, public administration, and education. She did not specify the exact measures. 

Kaspersky cited data from the “Antiplagiat” system: about 25% of students use AI when writing papers. According to surveys, 87% of students admitted to using neural networks in some way.

“This indicates that universities do not understand whom they are educating, and employers do not know whom they are hiring; we risk producing a completely uneducated generation,” she stated.

Surveys by RANEPA also showed that by 2024, more than 80% of students sought help from artificial intelligence. About 50% used it for cheating. 

Meanwhile, in 2025, the proportion of teachers using the technology increased from 20% to 60%, noted Pyotr Ototsky, project director of the academy’s priority educational initiatives directorate.

Opinions 

In 2023, many foreign universities banned students from using AI, but lifted the restrictions a year or two later. It became evident that “not using AI is already impossible,” Ototsky emphasized.

Timofey Voronin, a senior lecturer at the Higher School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Moscow State University, believes that formal bans do not work, and tracking the use of neural networks is nearly impossible. In his view, students should be taught to use these tools correctly: the main problem is their inept use. 

Incorrect prompts, lack of proofreading, and fact-checking lead to fabricated sources, nonexistent names, and incoherent results.

Mikhail Semenov, a lawyer in the HR department at Cloud.ru, noted that when hiring young specialists, the ability to work with neural networks is often seen as an advantage or even a necessity. Employers expect graduates to understand the principles of AI operation. 

Regulatory Context

Currently, the use of AI in Russia is regulated only within experimental legal frameworks.

The government is working on a draft law “On the Fundamentals of State Regulation of the Application of Artificial Intelligence Technologies.” It will define the criteria for a “Russian” neural network, copyright, content labeling, as well as the obligations and responsibilities of participants. On March 18, the document was published for public discussion.

On March 25, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin instructed the Ministry of Digital Development to prepare and submit to the State Duma a draft law on the development and implementation of artificial intelligence by the end of the spring session, writes Interfax. 

In 2025, OpenAI introduced a special learning mode for students in ChatGPT. It helps to work through tasks step-by-step, rather than simply providing ready answers.