Teaching in the AI world
Tech Life
BBC
4.3 • 227 Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
We speak to Google about the introduction of artificial intelligence into classroom learning, and what they think this will mean for teachers and pupils.
Also this week: Shiona McCallum reports on a new artificial limb which is making a big difference to the life of one man who has a very personal story to tell. And find out about the engineering technology that's being used to check the heart health of unborn babies as they grow in the womb. Presenter: Shiona McCallum Producer: Tom Quinn
(Photo: A female teacher sits at a classroom desk with a female high school pupil looking at a laptop screen. Credit: Getty Images)
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| 0:17.0 | Little did I know what more was to come. |
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| 0:25.2 | out of the ever-expanding global DNA database. |
| 0:28.8 | They did know that I was different. |
| 0:31.7 | You had kids together. |
| 0:33.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:33.5 | Then you met. |
| 0:34.3 | Then we met. |
| 0:35.2 | The Gift. |
| 0:36.1 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:39.5 | Hello and welcome to TechLife, the program about technology that's helping to shape the world we live in today. |
| 0:46.1 | I'm Shona McCallum. Now settle down and silence at the back. I've been talking to one of the big tech firms about the introduction of artificial intelligence into classroom learning |
| 0:56.6 | and what they think this will mean for teachers and pupils. |
| 1:00.0 | That's in a moment. |
| 1:01.4 | Later, I'll be reporting on a new artificial limb, |
| 1:04.5 | which is making a big difference to the life of a man I recently had the pleasure of meeting. |
| 1:09.4 | At the time, I wasn't sure whether I was going to survive because I had internal injuries, |
| 1:13.4 | but I'd putting that to one side, I had something to concentrate on, and that was actually |
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