NY School District Shelves Plan to Spend $58K on Robot Teaching Assistant
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ussanews.comNY School District Pauses Classroom Humanoid Robot Amid Privacy Concerns
NY School District Pauses Classroom Humanoid Robot Amid Privacy Concerns Authored by AG News Staff via American Greatness, A western New York school district has hit pause on a plan to place a lifelike humanoid robot inside a high school classroom after regulators and community members raised concerns over student data privacy. Salamanca City Central School District announced July 24 it was suspending a pilot program with robotics company Realbo…
NY School District Shelves Plan to Spend $58K on Robot Teaching Assistant
'Sally' from Realbotix was supposed to give students personalized learning support based on the data it stores about them, but the plan is on hold as the district works through privacy concerns.
A school district in New York has frozen its plans to buy and use a robot teacher with AI after the parents’ negative reaction. Salamanca City’s Central School District planned to introduce “Sally”, a humanoid robot from Realbotix that costs $60,000, as a class assistant. However, parents expressed concern about the students’ data and the robot’s manufacturer. Some parents were concerned that their children would interact with a machine that cou…
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