The reset comes a little over a year after the massive philanthropy, a global player in education, development, and public health, announced a 20-year countdown to its dissolution in 2045. A recent flood of AI tools, such as tutoring chatbots, has offered some hope of a leap forward in academic performance. In the spring of 2024, roughly one-third of teachers said that they’d employed AI in their work at least once. Last July, the U.S. Department of Education published a Dear Colleague letter outlining responsible uses for AI, including the development of tutoring applications. Algebra has been an object of focus for over a decade in the world of math education, seen as a gateway to the advanced skills needed for a career in STEM fields.