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Robot Teacher Sally Paused Over Privacy and History | US News
A school district in Western New York nearly launched a robot teacher named Sally—part of a high-tech STEM program—only to pause after a firestorm of backlash. Critics, including the state teachers’ union and Seneca Nation parents, raised alarms over data privacy, the company’s ties to adult products, and painful historical parallels to Native boarding schools. While district leaders and a state senator championed the initiative as a forward-thinking AI education tool, the pause reflects growing national caution about deploying AI in classrooms without safeguards. No new rollout date has been…
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