Alpha School charges $65K/year for AI-powered education that sometimes does 'more harm than good'

404 Media reports that Alpha School, an "AI-powered private school" costing up to $65K/year, generates faulty lesson plans that internal documents say sometimes do "more harm than good." Former employees allege the school also scrapes other online courses without permission to train its AI. The story highlights the risks of deploying immature AI in high-stakes education settings, where errors directly impact student learning outcomes.

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