The High Schools Going All-In on AI

Estonia's national experiment giving high-schoolers free AI chatbots shows low, uneven adoption and unresolved tension between AI convenience and learning effort.

• National rollout: Estonia's AI Leap gives free ChatGPT (OpenAI) and Gemini (Google) accounts to every 10th and 11th grader, expanding to 12th graders and vocational students this year.
• Trigger for the program: A 2024 survey found 90% of Estonian high-schoolers already used generative AI for learning, prompting officials to 'lean in' rather than ban it.

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