Overview
- Surveys indicate two-thirds to three-quarters of students use AI for schoolwork, while more than half of teachers report using such tools never or less than once a month.
- Regional deployments are moving into practice, including Freiburg’s datenschutzfreundlich access via fobizz and the open-source chatbot telli from Bremen and Hessen, which is planned to be made available nationwide over the school year.
- Adaptive tutoring is expanding, with tools like Area9 Rhapsode in pilots and FelloFish trialed at 34 schools in Sachsen-Anhalt, which the state plans to broaden this school year.
- Kiel researchers report that automated assessments can match experienced teachers when carefully prepared, yet they warn of bias risks such as grading shifts tied to perceived student quality, prompting calls for new assessment models.
- Educators and researchers flag equity and well-being concerns, citing a growing digital divide across school types and reports of children treating chatbots as confidants, with apps like freii aiming to curb screen time.