An AI divide is growing in schools. This camp wants to level the playing field

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For years, research has shown there’s a digital divide when it comes to schools teaching about new technologies. The AI industry is going after students Students are increasingly using AI tools to help with — and do — their homework. Another recent survey by Gallup, the Walton Family Foundation and GSV Ventures found that nearly half of Generation Z students think AI will hurt their ability to think about information carefully. GAINES: Princeton computer science professor Olga Russakovsky wants to be part of the solution. And so I wanted to, like, be one of the people who change AI, who shape AI for the future.