In 2026, the use of generative artificial intelligence is expanding, both at home and in the workplace. A controlled deployment requires training and a better understanding of the impacts.
Whether it is searching for information (73%), translating and/or improving texts (58%), finding new ideas (57%), aiding homework and learning (44%), creating content (42%), or engaging in discussions and interactions with artificial intelligence (41%), it is now reported that 48% of the French population use generative AI. Among them, 34% use it daily.
These figures, from the “2026 Digital Barometer,” resonate with the content of this spring edition of the Innovation Letter in Training. While just a few months ago the focus was on discovering and experimenting with various tools, our selection now leans towards reflection and reflexivity.
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This can include opportunities for training, as highlighted in the latest edition of the Onlineformapro AI & Training monitoring letter, where Alan Drabczynski, digital learning project manager, announces the free publication of “13 courses to master AI” from Anthropic. To see which courses Alan Drabczynski particularly recommends to trainers, click here!
“AI, a Mirror of Our Practices”
This can also be seen in the growth of literature rich in experiential feedback, encouraging professionals to improve their practices. An example of this is “AI, a tool for social work?” a practical and ethical manual for professionals published in February by Adrien Guionie.
Contrary to a directive for adoption, the social service assistant first explains how AI relates to social work, while also exploring its risks and limitations. The second part delves into potential uses of AI in social support work through case studies. As professional writings shift towards a “shared writing between human and machine,” the book devotes its third section to social report writing. It emphasizes the importance of not letting the formal excellence of AI overshadow the “voice of the professional,” highlighting the need to “train social workers in augmented writing.” Ultimately, the book aims to establish an “ethics of use” through training, support, and regulation.
Prefaced by Didier Dubasque, former president of the National Association of Social Service Assistants and author of the blog “Writing for and about social work,” the lessons from Adrien Guionie’s book can be applied to any professional in the 21st century: “the social worker must be a craftsman without technophobia or technophilia. This delicate posture requires professional maturity: to welcome innovations without being dominated by them, to question them without systematically rejecting them, to adapt them without renouncing the ethics of the profession.”
