eSelf will bring private AI tutors to students worldwide

eSelf, a startup that focuses on face-to-face, natural-feeling conversational AI agents, said it is partnering with the Center for Educational Technology to bring private AI tutors to students worldwide. CET is Israel’s largest K-12 textbook publisher, with a leading position across all subjects and grade levels. As part of the pilot program, Harvard University will serve as an academic adviser, helping to shape the educational framework and measure its impact. This collaboration marks Israel as the first country in the world to implement AI-driven tutoring at a national level. The first pilot phase kicks off in May with 10,000 students, and during that month students will go through A/B testing. A landmark study known as “The Two Sigma Problem” found that students who received one-on-one tutoring performed two standard deviations better than their peers in traditional classrooms – essentially turning C students into A students. Today, that kind of intervention is needed more than e ... Read full article.