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Dozens of San Antonio educators spent a blistering Saturday exploring AI's role in teaching.
While marvelling at its instant grading and transformation of lesson plans into podcasts or online storybooks, one high school English teacher voiced a widespread concern: "Are we going to be replaced with AI?"
This pivotal question underpins an unlikely partnership between teachers' unions and major technology companies.
Their common goal: to keep the country's four million educators relevant and equip students to use this technology wisely, preparing America's future workforce.
Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic are providing millions for AI training to the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the nation's second-largest union.
This offers tech companies a significant foothold in schools, influencing students and s
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