The power of artificial intelligence is being put to use in Japan for diverse purposes, from helping children at risk of skipping school to teaching English conversation, and even keeping the stories of atomic bomb survivors alive.In 2023, Toda city in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, launched a pilot program to see if AI could predict the likelihood of truancy and provide children with preemptive support.The AI was trained on data such as absences and health check records, generating numerical predictions for each student to support teachers' decisions.On a computer screen, students' names …READ FULL ARTICLE
