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Preschool teacher Melissa Mowbray works with AI on her laptop at Academic Magnet High School during the Charleston County School District Charleston Educator Symposium Wednesday, July 22, 2026 in North Charleston, S.C.

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Schools are starting to teach AI literacy. For many, that means helping kids see chatbots' flaws

Schools are starting to teach AI literacy. For many, that means helping kids see chatbots' flaws

AI chatbots have become the bane of teachers everywhere. But a growing number of U.S. public schools are now encouraging a new strategy: Bringing AI into the classroom, partly so students can see its shortcomings. Over the summer, teachers in different parts of the U.S. traded time off to learn a new subject: AI Literacy. The term has become a buzzword of this back-to-school season. But there is no single, coherent definition of what AI literacy is, or how best to teach it. Experts say true AI literacy is about much more than learning how to use generative AI. It's also about learning when not to.