{"id":39194,"date":"2025-11-10T14:47:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lightspeedsystems.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=39194"},"modified":"2025-11-10T14:47:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:47:52","slug":"bloomberg-chatbots-are-sparking-a-new-era-of-student-surveillance","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.lightspeedsystems.com\/en_uk\/news\/bloomberg-chatbots-are-sparking-a-new-era-of-student-surveillance\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloomberg: Chatbots Are Sparking A New Era of Student Surveillance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ahead of the new school year, a handful of tech companies issued grim warnings to American educators embracing artificial intelligence in the classroom: Chatbots, they said, could endanger students and lead to self- harm. Vigilance was paramount. \u201cThe risks of students using AI can literally be deadly,\u201d one company cautioned. Another noted: \u201cStudent lives depend on it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u201cit\u201d is the software those companies are selling \u2014 tools that themselves use AI to scan students\u2019 conversations with chatbots and alert adults to potential danger. Across the US, teachers and administrators are increasingly turning to companies such as GoGuardian and Lightspeed Systems for real-time monitoring of student-bot conversations, according to interviews with more than a dozen educators. The goal is to catch early warning signs of severe outcomes, including teen suicides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI sleep better knowing that we have this tool for our students,\u201d says Ian Haight, director of technology systems and services for Kalamazoo Public Schools in Michigan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-11-07\/ai-chatbot-surveillance-tools-are-quietly-watching-kids-in-class?embedded-checkout=true\">Read the full article through Bloomberg.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Across the US, teachers and administrators are increasingly turning to companies such as GoGuardian and Lightspeed Systems for real-time monitoring of student-bot conversations, according to interviews with more than a dozen educators.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":39195,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":""},"tags":[25,23],"news-category":[],"class_list":["post-39194","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ai","tag-student-mental-health"],"acf":{"authors":[531]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - 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