<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tech experts are warning parents to beware of the pitfalls of AI technology used in a growing number of apps marketed to help children learn, even though their creators say turning schoolwork into online games is the way of the future.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>While some parents have had positive experiences with the educational apps, concerns are emerging about data privacy and the potential for inaccurate information.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>TeachingBlox is one such example of the educational apps. </span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/soldiers-injured-adf-crash-townsville-queensland/72b51972-13aa-411d-b95e-0b2261284def"><strong><span>Cause of crash under investigation as soldier remembered as leader and mentor</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span></span></strong><span>It assesses a child's interests, strengths, and weaknesses through an AI-driven interview and tailors lessons into a video game format. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Most parents are busy. They're working," founder and chief executive Ross Paraskevas said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They've got so much going on, so now they've got a dashboard that can say 'hey, did you do your homework?'"</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/ai-educational-apps-expert-warning/0e09db80-ff3a-4e3a-817a-67d1d1ff8953" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The AI also monitors a child's emotional responses and learning patterns to adapt the content. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's watching your emotions, it's watching how you're answering it and it's trying to figure out patterns," Paraskevas said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Let's assume you're excited about Barbie dolls, then it will look to use that excitement to bridge to, say, maths or to science."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/missing-boy-gus-lamont-update-search-efforts-cut-short-due-to-heat/927c1e04-8566-456f-8f4a-a2b469687974"><strong><span>Third day of renewed search for missing boy finds no new evidence</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Jack Casonato's daughter, who is in year 4, uses TeachingBlox.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Madeline's very good at doing her homework, but for the first time I heard her laugh while doing her homework," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It makes it more fun to do learning and it's easier to learn harder stuff," daughter Madeline said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Under relatively new national guidelines, AI technology is currently being trialled in classrooms around the country, with the NSW government recently announcing it will become a permanent learning tool from years 5 to 12.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But tech experts are warning parents to remain on guard, particularly when it comes to giving chatbots personal information, and to remind their children that even the smartest technology can still get it wrong.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They don't necessarily have the evaluative judgement to be able to determine if what they're being told is actually correct or not," Monash University's Professor Michael Phillips said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"AI involvement doesn't replace parents."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>This article was produced with the assistance of </span></em><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/9express/16480c33-636a-461f-9c4f-d0e2522c722a"><em><span>9ExPress</span></em></a><em><span>.</span></em></div></div>