In 2026, the use of generative artificial intelligence is expanding, both at home and at work. A controlled deployment requires training and a better understanding of the impacts.
Whether it’s searching for information (73%), translating and/or improving texts (58%), coming up with new ideas (57%), helping with homework and learning (44%), creating content (42%), or engaging in discussions and interactions with artificial intelligence (41%), 48% of the French population now declare that they use generative AI. Among them, 34% use it daily.
These figures, from the 2026 Digital Barometer, echo the content of this spring edition of the Innovation in Training Newsletter. While just a few months ago the focus was on showcasing and experimenting with certain tools, our selection now leans more towards reflection and reflexivity.
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This can involve being encouraged to train, as the latest edition of the Onlineformapro AI & Training watch letter recommends, in which Alan Drabczynski, digital learning project manager, announces the free publication by Anthropic of 13 training courses to master AI. To see which ones Alan Drabczynski specifically recommends to trainers, click here!
“AI, a mirror of our practices”
This can also be seen in the rise of a literature rich in practical experience, which encourages professionals to formalize their uses. Such as in “AI, a tool for social work?”, a practical and ethical manual aimed at professionals published in February by Adrien Guionie.
Contrary to an imperative to adopt, the social service assistant starts by explaining how AI relates to social work, while exploring the risks and limits. Then, in a second part based on use cases, details are provided on how AI can be deployed in social support work. In an age where professional writing increasingly tends towards a “shared writing between human and machine”, Adrien Guionie devotes his third part to the drafting of social reports. He expresses concern that the formal excellence of AI does not overshadow the “professional voice”, which includes the need to “train social workers in enhanced writing”. Finally, a central objective of the book emerges – an “ethics of use”, which still requires training, support, and regulation.
Prefaced by Didier Dubasque, former president of the National Association of Social Service Assistants and editor of the blog “Writing for and about social work”, the lessons from Adrien Guionie’s book can apply to any professional of the 21st century: “The social worker must be a craftsman without technophobia or technophilia. This delicate posture requires professional maturity: welcoming innovations without being dominated by them, questioning them without rejecting them systematically, adapting them without renouncing the ethics of the profession.”
