Chasing the dream of building the perfect AI tutor - how close are we?
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Articles and Resources of the week
It’s a good time to invest in early-stage Edtech, investors say
While Edtech is at the moment not as popular as it was when schools were closed during the pandemic. Still, it would be shortsighted to overlook this category, especially now that AI is disrupting nearly every industry out there. And we can only agree that it is a great time to invest in Edtech now.
Inside the Push to Bring AI Literacy to Schools and Colleges
Will AI literacy soon become as important a subject to teach in schools as reading, writing and math? Many education leaders think so, as ChatGPT and other new generative AI tools sweep into daily life. After all, it’s not every day that a technology comes along that is widely compared to the printing press in terms of how influential it could be.
A Technologist Spent Years Building an AI Chatbot Tutor. He Decided It Can’t Be Done.
When Satya Nitta worked at IBM, he and a team of colleagues took on a bold assignment: Use the latest in artificial intelligence to build a new kind of personal digital tutor. This was before ChatGPT existed, but Nitta was working with what was perhaps the highest-profile AI system at the time, IBM’s Watson. To make a long story short, he in the end concluded that the tech just isn’t up to delivering on becoming a generalised personal tutor, and won’t be for decades at least, if ever. However, Nitta is still building a startup in the Edtech x AI space now - what’s your take on the topic?
Investment news
Paris-based BeeDeez raised €8 million from Arkéa Capital, SWEN Capital Partners, and Wille Finance. The new funding is a combination of equity and debt financing.
Jobs in Edtech
Sdui is hiring a Technical Product Manager (Germany/remote).
YouSchool is looking for a Community Manager (Bordeaux).
Bots & People is hiring a Learning Manager (Berlin).
Lepaya is looking for a Senior Revenue Operations Manager (Amsterdam).
Thank you for reading. If you enjoyed it, share it with your friends, colleagues and everyone interested in the European Edtech ecosystem.
Stay curious,
Hannes
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