AIs giants want to take over the classroom

OpenAI, Microsoft, and Anthropic have launched the $23 million National Academy for AI Instruction in partnership with a major U.S. teachers' union to train K12 educators on integrating AI into classrooms, focusing on lesson planning, grading, and report writing. This initiative aims to promote personalized learning and streamline teaching tasks, despite widespread public skepticism about AI's impact on critical thinking and attention spans, highlighting the companies' broader strategy to expand AI adoption in education for profit. The program includes hands-on training for teachers, with demonstrations of AI tools from Microsoft and others, signaling a concerted effort to