AI robot joins Israeli classroom as teaching aide

(JNS) — An Israeli high school this year began using an AI-powered robot to help teachers in one of the country’s first classroom applications of the technology, the school has said.

The robot, known as “Buddy,” is used at the ISTS Kiryat Bialik school near Haifa, where it supports technology classes and special needs students, the Israel Sci-Tech Schools network, to which the Kiryat Bialik institution belongs, announced last week.

The device is not meant to replace teachers but assist them, school administrators said.

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