Taylor Lorenz
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Kids Are Being Taught By ChatGPT
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February 25, 2026
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February 25, 2026
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36:54Now PlayingWould you pay $65,000 to let an AI teach your kid?
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404 Media reporter Emmanuel Maiberg joins me to discuss the disturbing rise of Alpha School, an AI-powered private school that has been getting massive hype from mainstream media.
While Alpha School promises parents that kids can complete their core education in just two hours a day, leaked internal documents reveal the disaster unfolding behind the scenes.
Alpha School charges up to $65,000 a year while openly aiming for a "no human in the loop" model of education to entirely eliminate human teachers. We discuss how their generative AI systems constantly hallucinate and create illogical lesson plans and tests that treat kids like tech guinea pigs.
Even more alarming is the massive data harvesting and surveillance. Alpha School utilizes software that monitors students' screens, web cameras, microphones, and mouse movements, acting essentially as boss-ware for children.
We also expose how video recordings of students have been left unsecured in open Google Drive links and how the school's AI scrapes educational material from other platforms without consent. You can read the full 404 Media article
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