Edtech’s AI push has its share of doubting Thomases
edtech platforms move towards deploying artificial intelligence tools to enhance offerings, a clear divide has emerged within various segments of the industry.
While higher education and upskilling startups are anticipating greater benefits from the technology, those servicing schools and students on a large scale may run into some headwinds, founders and executives at edtech companies told ET.
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Offering CollegeCourseWebsiteMITMIT Technology Leadership and InnovationVisitIIM LucknowIIML Executive Programme in FinTech, Banking & Applied Risk ManagementVisitIIT DelhiIITD Certificate Programme in Data Science & Machine LearningVisitMumbai-based skilling and workforce development startup Upgrad is looking to utilise AI to translate its popular bootcamps and certificate programmes into vernacular languages to improve its product offerings and expand reach. In the initial stage, translations will be available in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Bengali to serve the Indian market. Subsequently, the company plans to extend this to foreign languages such as Spanish and Chinese.
Noida-based edtech unicorn Physics Wallah is also set to officially launch its generative AI tool, Alakh AI, later this month. Named after one of its cofounders, Alakh Pandey, it will serve as a personalised tutor for students, helping them with queries, providing summaries, and acting as a “study companion”.
“Most of the jobs are in tier-I markets, but roughly about 40-45% of our learners
