From September, Estonia will launch a national artificial intelligence (AI) initiative.
The Baltic state claims AI Leap will gift students and teachers “world-class artificial intelligence tools and skills,” built on licences negotiated with OpenAI. Starting with 16- and 17-year-olds from September 2025, school pupils and teachers will have access to individual AI accounts, issued in part with a view to enhancing learning.
This roll-out is a sharp contrast to the suspicion that often surrounds the technology in the rest of the European Union, whether because it facilitates ‘deepfakes’ or, less dramatically, cheating in schools.
Estonia has worked to become an IT powerhouse since 1997, and this trend continues under the liberal government of Kristen Michal. Some of its success to date involves a willingness to try sidestepping Brussels’ commitment to regulating innovation.
