Indian High School Introduces AI Humanoid as a Personalized Teacher, Government Regulates AI Tools
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KTCT Higher Secondary School in Kerala, India, is the first school to employ an AI humanoid as a teacher. Called Iris, it was developed through a collaboration with e-learning provider Makerlabs as part of a government project. Iris is multilingual and can respond to complex queries, providing personalized learning experiences for each student. The Indian IT ministry recently issued guidelines stating that new AI tools need governmental approval before public release.
In Kerala, India, a high school has pioneered the utilization of an artificial intelligence (AI) instructor that employs advanced AI to offer tailor-made learning experiences for its students. As AI technology rapidly advances, worries about its potential to outpace and replace humans in fields such as coding, video editing and journalism have been inflating. Joining this list of automation-threatened professions is teaching, as KTCT Higher Secondary school in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, becomes the first to integrate an AI humanoid into its instructional staff. This breakthrough AI tutor, christened Iris, is powered by an Intel processor and aided by a special co-processor.
This groundbreaking AI tutor, named Iris, was devised in collaboration with online learning creators Makerlabs, under the Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL) initiative by NITI Aayog, an agency of the Indian government. The AI tutor is multilingual and adept at handling complex questions. Makerlabs states Iris was meticulously crafted with the explicit objective of delivering bespoke instruction to each student. The company further stated this pioneering approach adds a fresh dynamic to education by allowing lessons to be delivered in an engaging and effective manner that caters to every student's unique needs and preferences.
Recently, the Indian IT department disseminated an advisory notifying tech firms that any advanced AI tools developed at lab level must secure government approval before being widely released on the web. The directive, rolled out on March 1, mandates that such approvals be obtained ahead of the public launch of AI tools deemed potentially unreliable or experimental, and such tools must bear a label warning users about their likelihood of yielding incorrect responses. The advisory indicated that such deployment on the Indian internet can only be done with explicit governmental authorization.
This recent advisory came in the wake of a high-ranking Indian official criticising Google and its AI tool, Gemini, for providing potentially biased or inaccurate replies, including an instance where it characterised India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “fascist” as highlighted by certain sources.
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3/7/2024 12:21:17 PM
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