Greece tackles AI in health misinformation and education with new guidelines

Artificial intelligence is increasingly embedded in everyday life, offering tools for disease diagnosis and patient communication while also enabling the rapid creation of convincing false health information. Professor Theodora Psaltopoulou warned that AI‑generated health narratives can appear scientific, include fabricated references, and spread thousands of times on social media before experts can intervene, outpacing current detection systems.

In response, Greece's Ministry of Education, together with the Ministry of Digital Governance, issued a ministerial decree on May 12 that sets rules for AI use in schools. The decree makes AI applications optional and supervisory, bans deep‑fake creation without consent, prohibits generating false sources, and forbids profiling or processing personal data of minors. AI tools are barred from examinations unless specifically authorized, and student work may not be produced entirely by AI.

These measures aim to balance AI's educational benefits with safeguards against misinformation and privacy breaches.