Artificial intelligence in healthcare and education

Dave M, Patel N. Br Dent J 2023; 234: 761-764.

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This article serves as a historical moment for the British Dental Journal, being the first article published by the BDJ to be written entirely by ChatGPT - excluding the authors' concluding remarks. ChatGPT is a large language model developed by OpenAI (San Francisco, California) which was launched in November 2022, and has since taken the world by storm with its seemingly limitless applications including content creation, language translation, and chatbot text generation.

With this article the authors aimed to showcase the incredible potential of AI software like ChatGPT, while simultaneously encouraging caution in its use, citing potential causes for concern such as cheating in exams, plagiarism risks, and referencing difficulties. Most pertinently, the authors maintain that ChatGPT cannot qualify for formal authorship as AI is unable to 'hold accountability for what they submit to a journal', although its use should of course be documented accordingly in the publication.

Check out the AI-generated article (free to view!) here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41415-023-5845-2.

Rights from the start: the place of children's rights in clinical dentistry

Harris J C. Br Dent J 2023; 234: 796-799.

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Image of the 'Rights from the Start' children's rights fact sheet for dental teams from the BSPD, supported by the BDA, NSPCC and UNICEF UK Child Friendly Cities and Communities programme. Cartoon by Harry Venning, www.harryvenning.co.uk. Available to download from www.bspd.co.uk/Rights-from-the-Start

In 1989, the rights for all children under 18 worldwide were laid out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). The key principles include: general non-discrimination; best interests of the child; right to life, survival and development; right to be heard; dignity; participation; transparency; and accountability.

This Opinion article aims to situate the place of children's rights within the context of clinical dentistry. The author questions what it means to translate upholding children's rights into practical action in dentistry, proposing that all adults should know about children's rights in order to help children learn about them, and providing suggestions for how dental teams can help contribute to advancing this agenda.

Read the full, free-to-view article here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41415-023-5863-0