Overview

• Common Sense Media rated four popular AI teaching assistants as posing moderate classroom risks, warning they can serve as “invisible influencers” shaping content without oversight.
• Tests showed that AI behavior plan generators from Google Gemini and MagicSchool produced more punitive recommendations for Black students than for white students.
• Google turned off Gemini’s behavior intervention shortcut and MagicSchool is collaborating on bias detection improvements to address identified disparities.
• Nearly two-thirds of educators used AI tools in 2024–25 to save as much as six hours a week, yet 68% received no formal training on their use.
• Schools in Kolkata report a surge in AI-generated homework and local stakeholders are debating responsible-use frameworks to curb plagiarism.