How trust leaders read AI claims
Selective evidence, AI washing, and the human-in-the-loop entry requirement.
The evidence problem
Leaders do not lack vendor evidence. They lack evidence they can trust. Vendors point to studies that show exactly what they want shown. Peer recommendations carry weight, but those peers may have a beneficial relationship with the supplier.
One leader described the edtech evidence landscape as a minefield. Independent standards exist, but they are not comprehensive enough to rely on for every purchase. Government and NGO evaluations help, yet they are slow and sometimes carry their own conflicts of interest.
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Contribute evidenceCoded from the same anonymised trust-leader discovery calls. Themes that appeared across multiple conversations are reported; one-off observations are excluded. No trust, school or individual is identified.