Bratislava has become a global hub for discussions on artificial intelligence in education as the BratislavAI Forum 2025 unfolds at Bratislava Castle this week. The three-day summit, organised by Slovakia’s Education Ministry and the OECD, brings together ministers, policy-makers, researchers, teachers and AI specialists from more than 40 countries. Key participants include Slovak Education Minister Tomáš Drucker (HLAS-SD), OECD Director for Education and Skills Andreas Schleicher, and several high-level international guests.
Minister Drucker welcomed the strong turnout, noting that it includes many countries beyond the OECD. He said states often test similar solutions without realising it, and that closer cooperation can help avoid unnecessary mistakes and highlight what works. Education, he warned, may become the sector most profoundly transformed by rapid advances in artificial intelligence.
Slovak President Peter Pellegrini also addressed the forum, emphasising that AI is no longer an abstract idea but a daily reality in homes, hospitals and schools. He stressed that AI must remain in the service of human dignity and warned that technological progress without ethical safeguards poses the biggest risk. Without ethics, he said, societies could face “a world where privacy quietly disappears, where old prejudices return disguised as neutral facts, and where machines begin making decisions that belong to people.”
The BratislavAI Forum 2025 continues through Wednesday. Its key themes are Responsible Intelligence and The Economy and AI in a New Era of Trust.
Source: STVR, TASR
