The article covers the problem area of developing competencies in the field of artificial intelligence among students of pedagogical specialties. The datebase of the ascertaining experiment conducted among students of pedagogical specialties of the Kuzbass Humanitarian-Pedagogical Institute of Kemerovo State University (KHPI KemSU) in 2023 testified to the insufficient preparation of future teachers for the use of artificial intelligence systems in the educational environment and, as a consequence, the need to introduce a special discipline into the educational environmental preparation.