AI’s coming to the classroom: Brisk raises $15M after a quick start in school

It’s virtually impossible today to determine when a student’s writing has been composed using ChatGPT or another GenAI tool, and it can be a nightmare to disprove incorrect accusations. An AI edtech startup called Brisk has built a tool that could at least help teachers identify some of the telltale signs, and it’s now announcing $15 million in new funding on the back of decent traction. Alongside a writing inspector, Brisk’s platform offers around 40 tools for teachers and students to use by way of a Chrome extension. The platform uses generative AI, computer vision and other AI features that Brisk says can help not only speed up work, but do the work better. These include writing lesson plans, tests and presentations; adjusting work for different abilities; grading work, and more. “The existing edtech stack as we know it, which is around 140 different tools that the average teacher in the U.S. uses in a given school year, is not ready for AI,” Brisk’s CEO and founder Arman Jaffer s ... Read full article.