SMART KIDS

UAE to teach AI from age four in bid for global tech leadership

The course, to be rolled out for all ages in the 2025-2026 academic year, will cover ethical awareness, foundational concepts and real-world applications

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UAE school children and their teachers visit Xposure photography festival in the emirate of Sharjah

The UAE plans to rewrite the future starting in the classroom by making artificial intelligence central to the public school curriculum.

Children as young as four years old will be taught about AI, in the hope that future...