'Education being used as Trojan horse...': Schools targeted with AI apps despite grave doubts
4 weeks ago

'Education being used as Trojan horse...': Schools targeted with AI apps despite grave doubts

New Indian Express  

PARIS: Apps infused with AI are being marketed to schools across the world and governments are rushing to embrace the technology, despite experts raising serious doubts. As demand dried up after schools reopened, Ed Tech startups tried to win back investment by adding AI to their products and marketing. Tech titans like Microsoft, Meta and OpenAI have also spied an opportunity, promoting their AI products to schools or partnering with startups. The UN's education body UNESCO last year eviscerated the record of online learning during Covid, saying the rapid rollout of tech solutions was a "tragedy" that had increased inequality and worsened learning outcomes.

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