Generative artificial intelligence in the Peruvian higher education: some pressing questions

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https://doi.org/10.37711/desafios.2025.16.2.2

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After almost three years of the emergence of ChatGPT and the subsequent development of similar generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools, we have a clearer understanding of this technology's capabilities. Although the literature in this matter assigns a range of benefits to these tools (Dong et al., 2025), it is an urgent matter to question how the introduction of these tools into the higher education (HE) system of a country like Peru may exacerbate existing disparities or create new challenges. Thus, this editorial argues that without a field-specific, organic policy framework focused on equity, GenAI’s implementation into Peruvian HE risks worsening the challenges it has the potential to overcome.

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Published

2025-07-19

How to Cite

Torres-Vásquez, L. (2025). Generative artificial intelligence in the Peruvian higher education: some pressing questions. Desafios, 16(2). https://doi.org/10.37711/desafios.2025.16.2.2