Romeo and Juliet, AI and Safeguarding - It's All About Context
By Rachel Dance —
Tags: AI in Education, EdTech, Education, Personalised Learning
When Oak National Academy's CEO raised AI safeguarding in Romeo and Juliet at the House of Commons, it highlighted a challenge every education AI company must solve - understanding context. Here's how SideCog's learning companion, Cogsy, was designed to respond.
Last week, we watched John Roberts, CEO of Oak National Academy, give evidence to the House of Commons Education Select Committee on the opportunities and challenges that AI presents for education. The discussion covered everything from curriculum resources to teacher workload, but one example in particular caught our attention because it perfectly articulated a challenge we've been designing for since we began SideCog. John used Romeo and Juliet to illustrate a safeguarding dilemma that every organisation developing AI for education will eventually have to solve. If a pupil is discussing the