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Yikes, sounds absolutely like a desperate play to maintain relevance. AI is already hemorrhaging money...It would be nice if they could leave teachers and kids alone. These AI chuds need to fail off in the distance without causing any more issues.
Steamrolling schools is from the Microsoft Playbook. They started this with their abysmal products 2 decades ago. I happen to know this because I worked in school IT for 10 years. Giving away your software to the underpaid education system presented two major advantages: bind the young ones to your environment while showing state officials how much your business is "interested in education". And make lot's of money by fooling every decision maker in the process. It's a dirty play and I saw some very nasty deals, very close to corruption. Apple does this as well, handing out tablets left and right. And now we will get a package with ChatGPT, fantastic.
School IT, eh? My SO did that for a long time, too. No shortage of horror stories on that beat, hope you're in a happier position now!
Thank you, I am. Ditching IT completely was a very wise decision.