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By Asia Education Review Team , Wednesday, 10 January 2024

Shanghai firm introduces an international standard for AI education

  • Squirrel AI Learning, based in Shanghai, has unveiled the world's first adaptive AI learning model and set a global standard for the AI education industry, aiming to enhance education through personalization, intelligence, and fairness. Industry experts at the AIAED (Artificial Intelligence and Adaptive Education) conference anticipate that vertical and adaptive language models will revolutionize the education system, creating a market worth $40 billion for 300 million consumers. Squirrel AI Learning's adaptive AI model, encompassing all subjects and incorporated into specialized learning devices, adjusts to individual and intelligent requirements based on data from 24 million students and 10 billion learning behaviours, distinguishing it from ChatGPT.

    During the AIAED conference, Li Haoyang, the chairman of Squirrel AI Learning, emphasized the importance of comprehending students and offering personalized and pragmatic objectives. The conference also unveiled the global AI education standard, IEEE P3428 Standard for Large Language Model Agents for AI Education. The approval of Squirrel AI Learning's release by IEEE, the world's largest technical professional body, was hailed by Li as a significant milestone in the company's global expansion strategy.

    Squirrel AI is a Chinese edtech firm specializing in intelligent adaptive education, pioneering large-scale AI-driven adaptive education solutions in China. Collaborating with educators, Squirrel identifies precise concepts or "knowledge points" to address individual learning gaps. The company employs artificial intelligence to personalize lesson plans for each student. Chinese researchers leverage the world's most extensive student databases to train AIs. In March 2017, Squirrel AI introduced the Intelligent Adaptive Learning System (IALS), utilizing AI to tailor lessons, exercises, and assessments for individual students.