--- title: The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report... description: A Brookings Institution study examining AI use in K-12 education across 50 countries finds that current risks outweigh benefits. While AI can assist with... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/gzafkbot2 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says | daily.dev og:description: A Brookings Institution study examining AI use in K-12 education across 50 countries finds that current risks outweigh benefits. While AI can assist with... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/gzafkbot2 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/GzAfKbot2.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says **[Aishwary Gupta](https://daily.dev/sources/bhsp8lwj2nc2bnkkiyg3z)** · [@aishwarygupta](https://daily.dev/aishwarygupta) · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A Brookings Institution study examining AI use in K-12 education across 50 countries finds that current risks outweigh benefits. While AI can assist with language learning, writing support, and teacher task automation, it poses serious threats to cognitive development through over-reliance, creates potential equity gaps between well-funded and under-resourced schools, and undermines social-emotional growth through sycophantic chatbot interactions. The report recommends less transactional schooling, more challenging AI design, collaborative tech-educator development hubs, comprehensive AI literacy programs, and government regulation to protect student development and privacy. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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