From classrooms to controversy: AI tools flood schools globally as experts warn of inequality, isolation and doubts over effectiveness

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From classrooms to controversy: AI tools flood schools globally as experts warn of inequality, isolation and doubts over effectiveness
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PARIS, Dec 15 — Apps infused with AI are being marketed to schools across the world and governments are rushing to embrace the technology, despite experts raising serious...

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Tech titans like Microsoft, Meta and OpenAI have also spied an opportunity, promoting their AI products to schools or partnering with startups. He cited concerns that companies were using data for commercial purposes, deployed biased algorithms and overall were less concerned with educational outcomes than with their bottom line.

Britain has already rolled out a homework app called Sparx Maths that uses algorithms to tailor children’s learning. Yet when schools in New Delhi were forced to close because of smog last month, there were no flashy apps to help. France announced it would roll out an AI-powered homework app called MIA in secondary schools earlier this year, but quietly dropped the project as a political crisis rumbled on.“Don’t know a single child that likes it,” said one user on the popular Mumsnet forum.

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