Not every AI-in-education tale is a horror story. How the world’s leading education company makes AI that’s actually useful for students

Pearson, the 180-year-old education company, is building AI products to improve learning.

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Most of the AI industry treats a model’s ability to answer questions as a basic measure of progress. That standard becomes less useful when the goal is learning. In education, an answer can be factually correct and still fail the student because it gives away too much or solves a problem without helping the learner understand it.

Pearson has spent the past three years confronting that problem. Its CEO, Omar........

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