AI LITERACY: AN EXPLORATIVE ANALYSIS OF ITALIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENT’S PERCEPTIONS OF AI SKILLS

This paper analyzes university students' perceptions of the use of ChatGPT, the AI conversational system developed and released in 2022 by OpenAI. Based on a survey of 23,000 students across 109 countries (with a focus on an Italian sub-sample of 1180), the study investigates AI literacy (understanding, academic application, creative use) and its educational implications. Results indicate a positive correlation between AI literacy and the perceived effectiveness of ChatGPT as a learning tool.