UK pilots AI tutors in schools
- The UK government has approved AI labs and EdTech firms to build and test AI tutoring tools in secondary schools, with pilot work possibly beginning as early as this summer. - Critics quoted in the report accused ministers of experimenting on disadvantaged children, raising equity and governance concerns about early AI deployment in classrooms. - The story, reported in the Daily Mail, indicates pilots are moving from idea to field testing even as public debate over safeguards heats up. (dailymail.com)