The Trump administration has a vision for the future of K-12 education: an AI-powered robot teacher named “Plato.”
This yet-to-be-invented AI educator will provide a “personalized experience, adaptive to the needs of each student,” and improve students’ critical-thinking skills, said first lady Melania Trump at a White House event last month. Plato will be “always patient, always available,” she said.
But if Plato ever does exist, the tool would likely be illegal in Utah, a state that Trump carried by more than 20 percentage points in the 2024 election.
Utah’s schools are barred from using AI to grade student work or make high-stakes
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