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Materials

The apps and learning materials developed by the Generation AI project are freely available at gen-ai.fi. Over 182,000 uses in total!

Teachable Machine app screenshot
Machine Learning
Available

Teachable Machine

Build your own mobile app using machine learning. Students teach the machine to recognise images from their own data — no coding required.

Machine Learning K–12
Social Media Machine app screenshot
Recommendation Algorithm
Available

Social Media Machine

How does social media recommend content? A social media simulator for classrooms. Students see how profiling shapes the social feed.

Social Algorithm Media Literacy
Small Language Machine app screenshot
Generative AI
Beta

Small Language Machine

Train your own small language model in the browser. Demonstrates how language models predict the next word — no coding skills needed.

Language Model Generative AI
Breakable Machine app screenshot
AI Safety
Beta

Breakable Machine

Compete with classmates to see who can fool the AI. Teaches about the vulnerabilities and limitations of AI systems.

Adversarial Examples AI Safety
Profiling Game app screenshot
Privacy & Data
Beta

Profiling Game

Learn how digital traces are used to build profiles. A game-based classroom experience of privacy and data collection.

Privacy Data
Influence Algorithm
Coming soon

Manipulation Game

Can you change people's behaviour by shaping the social feed? Be the platform and learn about algorithms from the creator's perspective.

Social Algorithm Coming soon

Teaching Units

Teaching Unit

Build Your Own Mobile App

A complete 6-lesson unit for the Teachable Machine app. Students build their own machine learning-based mobile application — no coding required.

6 lessons Teachable Machine
Open learning material ↗
Teaching Unit

Social Media Machine Lessons

A complete 5-lesson unit for the Social Media Machine and Profiling Game apps. Students explore how social algorithms work and privacy issues.

5 lessons Social Media Machine Profiling Game
Open learning material ↗

Publications

Non-fiction book

50 Myths about AI and Data

AI is neither magic nor doom — but it is full of myths. This book debunks 50 common misconceptions based on research evidence. Written by 30 experts from four universities, spanning computer science, law, education, sociology and philosophy.

A collaboration between the Generation AI and DataLit projects

Case study

AI as a subject of learning and a tool for creative activity

How does AI show up in children's everyday lives and at school? This case study examines AI both as a subject of learning and as a tool for creativity — with a practical focus on teachers' work.

Generation AI project, 2023

Open Source & Privacy

All apps are released under the MIT licence — anyone can check how they work and what data they process. The apps run in the browser and do not store personal data outside the classroom.

Project tools gen‑ai.fi

Try free AI tools for classrooms and home use.

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